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Nov 25, 2016Nursebob rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The arid climate of Chile’s Atacama Desert makes for perfect stargazing while it’s unchanging nature also keeps a perfectly preserved record of the past. In Patricio Guzmán’s haunting documentary—part philosophical discourse, part history…
Dec 19, 2014NicLaBor rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I had expected "Nostalgia for the Light" to be a documentary about astronomy in the Atacama Desert in Chile. For a long (beautiful!) introduction the movie lived up to this (assumed) promise. Then a shift in subject occurred – suddenly…
Feb 18, 20133romm3la rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I don't think you can enjoy this documentary unless you're interested in astronomy, Latin American history and politics. Each one plays an equal part in this doc. I think trying to compare the astronomers' quest to discover all there…
Feb 09, 2013ms_mustard rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Chilean Patricio Guzman's documentary about astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert, Nostalgia for the Light, led me to his other documentaries: Salvador Allende, A Film and The Pinochet Case. I recommend all 3.
Oct 22, 2012uncommonreader rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Brilliant.
Jun 18, 2012Ron@Ottawa rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This documentary tells two stories - one of an ongoing search into the outer space and the other for remains of loved ones in the same desert which houses the world's largest telescopes. The two stories appear to go in parallel, but, as…
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Feb 09, 2012Glencoe_Mike rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Solemn documentary contrasting the Chilean political prisoners and their families with the astronomers and archaeologists who now inhabit the area where they were kept prisoner.