Nostalgia for the Light details
| Formats: | Ex DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Gaspar Galaz, Miguel Lawner, Victor Gonzalez, Anita Lawner, Anita Lawner |
| Director: | Patricio Guzman |
| Genres: | Documentary, Drama |
| Studio: | NEW WAVE FILMS |
| Original title | Nostalgia de la luz |
| Collections: | Documentaries |
| Name | Discs | |
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Nostalgia for the Light |
Ex Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 10 Sep 2012 |
| Main languages: | Spanish, English |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMGuzman's entrancing documentary opens the doors into the universe, exploring the relationship between astronomy and archaeology.
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Fascinating and disturbing
By sarahwri (60 reviews) , 29 Aug 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a very moving and interesting meditation on the various ways we investigate our past. It is inspired by the massive state of the art observatories that have been set up by international teams in the middle of the Chilean desert.
A juxtaposition is made between the study of past light from other worlds/solar systems/galaxies which receives massive international support and the hidden history of Chile's recent past which is still concealed under a veil of silence.
While I had a rough idea who Pinochet was the story told in this film was shocking enough that cheap shock tactics weren't required.
The only criticism really was that the montages of footage of the universe were mainly based on widely available NASA images so instead of being wow'd by the wonder of it all I was thinking I could be sat at home watching my laptop screensaver - this did lessen the awe a tad.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(24)Amazing meditative film
By a customer , 08 May 2013Absolutely amazing meditation through human life and existence. Politically interesting - extremely moving, and beautiful to watch. I think the people who didn't rate it highly perhaps weren't engaged in the way that this film requires. You really need to engage with it, it's not a fall asleep on the couch kind of film!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Had me wondering
By a customer , 23 Apr 2013I was wondering if I was going to enjoy this for about 10 minutes and then I got into it and the narrative and images had me entranced so much that I could not believe the end came so quickly. It's not fast moving so be warned if you are after something with a bit more action. But we'll worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A few too many photos of space and not enought analysis
By Alex22 (2 reviews) , 23 Apr 2013The concept of comparing the Atacama desert events of the Pinochet era with the peaceful exploration of space through the large telescopes there was a good one. In practice it didn't really work out and instead we got a lot of pretentious photos of the universe for long periods of time. The attempt to make it 'arty' meant it lost the power- Was this review helpful to you?
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Astronomy and history meet: Dead stars and murdered leftists in Chile
By papadopoulos (8 reviews) from Bath , 19 Apr 2013THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Very slow documentary
By Chantal (1104 reviews) from London , 13 Mar 2013The quality of the image is quite bad (I had the BluRay) which is a shame as there are many beautiful shots. The pace of this documentary is painfully slow, if you are learning spanish then this is great because even the narrator speaks very slowly. The interviews are very interesting though.- Was this review helpful to you?
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