the great about tarkovskij film be the poetry in the picture and the melancholic beauty which be almost too hard to bear . a lot of it be in this one represent the water and the garbage and strange and haunt sound in the background and the dog and the empty room with metal bed and rotten wall and the rain and the warmth of pure and shy love and the static and photography like picture ( sometimes even filmed picture ) and the poem and the philosophical discussion . the failure of nostalghia show the fragility by which these ingredient be hold together in film like solaris or stalker . the thin plot line be torn apart and there be no connection between the plot of exile ( what a great plot for tarkovskij this could have be . ) and the plot of save the world by sacrifying yourself . domenico the lunatic be just not fascinate . you feel that andrej can not understand eugenia and just a andrej the director can not . the dialogue be awfully pseudo intellectual and the fixation on christian faith just penetrant ( compare stalker which be all about faith and but without the church ) even god himself speaks . the story of carry a burning candle through a pool and thereby save the world can hardly be tell without expose it to ridiculousness . andrej death be hardly prepared and a young and healthy a he look this just feel like a deus ex machina . in a word and nostalghia be boring and self indulgent . maybe it be not a good idea to name your protagonist like yourself ( although there be no problem in andrej rubljow ) and let him read your brother poem . what could have be great scene in great film look here like mere self plagiarism . and there be scene where tarkovskij genius rise represent drink wodka in the bath arch and talk to a child ( one of the few scene where andrej come to life ) while the final scene with the candle while the scene in domenico house . if you have never see a film by tarkovskij before and do not watch this it might keep you from see his masterpiece . three star for a blundered film in respect of the artist .