Nostalgia (DVD) Frank Herbert By teasing a host of

By teasing a host of occult atmospherics out of dilapidated set-pieces and innocuous real-world locations alike

Into The Mystic

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Jacqueline Yallop explores our fascination with the dark

Nostalgia (DVD) Frank Herbert By teasing a host ofAt a spa in the Tuscan Hills, a Russian poet and musicologist, researching the life of an 18th century composer, meets a mysterious man who is convinced that the end of the world is nigh. The Russian, Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky), is asked to cross an ancient sulphur pool carrying a lighted candle as an act of faith. Tarkovskys first film outside the USSR is full of personal and Christian symbols and works as a study of such themes as memory,