Filippo Schillaci

Locations of Nostalghia

Filippo Schillaci has had an interest in photography and cinematographic language since 1996. His attention is particularly focused on the expressive capabilities of cinema as (sound-)visual art. He has, in particular, closely examined the work of Andrej Tarkovskij, Bela Tarr, Theo Anghelopoulos, Franco Piavoli, and Godfrey Reggio. Similar to established methods of approaching literature, he makes, in the analysis of the cinematographic work, use of quantitative methods based on graphic representations.

Supplemental contributions by Norman Mozzato and Nicola Severino.

The map and all photos linked to below are © Filippo Schillaci.

See also this (more condensed) page.

Trond and Jan at Nostalghia.com would also like to acknowledge the research of Claudio Nobile, published here several years ago.

The first long take

SETTEVENE, ALONG CASSIA ROAD, IN THE NORTH OF ROME. A misty field with a building from afar, that in the film is a small country church. Really it is a residential house, today totally restructured, so much that it is unrecognizable. The First Long Take

Madonna del parto

TUSCANIA, SAN PIETRO CRYPT The copy of the painting was situated over the window in the center of this photo. Additional photo.

The true location of Madonna del Parto

MONTERCHI, CEMETERY CHURCH It is not a location of Nostalghia because for the shooting Tarkovskij used a copy of the painting (see above). Tarkovskij visited Monterchi only during the shooting of Tempo di viaggio. Monterchi 1: The village. Monterchi 2: The cemetery (placed out of the built-up area) and the chapel where was located the painting. Monterchi 3: The chapel.

First sequence with Domenico, and other scenes

BAGNO VIGNONI, PIAZZA DELLE SORGENTI Bagno Vignoni_1 | Bagno Vignoni_2 | Bagno Vignoni_3.

The Russian home of Gorčakov

LEFT BANK OF TEVERE RIVER, BESIDE THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE OF OCRICULUM, THE PRESENT OTRICOLI Gorčakov's home is the careful reproduction of the Tarkovskij's country home in Mjasnoe. The river landscape.

The place where Gorčakov meets Domenico

ANAGNI, BADIA DELLA GLORIA Anagni Esterno 1: The cloister where was made the shooting of the introductive long take with Gorčakov, Domenico, Eugenia, Zoi... and the sun-dial. Anagni Esterno 2: The sun-dial, thanks to which I identified the place. Anagni Sala dei pilastri: Hall with pillars. Anagni Stanza piccola: The room where most of the dialogue take place.

The "house of the end of the world"

FALERIA, COLLEGIATA SQUARE The house where Domenico stay closed in seven years with his family. The house

Final shot of the meeting between Domenico and Gorčakov.

CALCATA Calcata

The former location of the submerged church sequence

ANCIENT MONTERANO. ST. BONAVENTURA CHURCH. Tarkovsky chose formerly this location for the meditation interlude of Gorčakov ("Gorčakov's dream"), but he didn't obtain from the owner the permission for the shooting. He wrote about this church and the old fig which grows inside it in his Diaries on april 28-29, 1982. Interior | The Fig | St. Bonaventura in Ancient Monterano

The submerged church

CITTADUCALE, SANTA MARIA DI SAN VITTORINO San Vittorino 1: The front. San Vittorino 2: What remains of the room (the sacristy) behind Gorčakov, at present entirely collapsed. San Vittorino 3: The place where the child Angela was sitting. San Vittorino 4 and San Vittorino 5: Micro landscapes "of the Tarkovskij kind" in the church.

The dream in the alley

ROME, VICOLO DELLA CAMPANELLA The alley where Gorčakov see himself in a mirror as the face of Domenico. Vicolo della Campanella

Eugenia's phone call

A landcape of Rome introduces this sequence. It was shot from Trinità dei Monti square and shows the cupola of st. Ambrogio and Carlo (in via del Corso) on foreground and the cupola of St. Peter (in Vatican) on background. Rome Landscape from Trinità dei Monti

Gorčakov's hotel in the town

ROME, VIA CONDOTTI n. 61 Via Condotti 1 | Via Condotti 2 | Via Condotti 3

The speech of Domenico

ROME, CAMPIDOGLIO SQUARE Campidoglio 1 | Campidoglio 2 | Campidoglio 3

The dream in the gothic church

CHIUSDINO, SAN GALGANO ABBEY San Galgano

Places in the Life of Tarkovskij

Padre Victor's church

ROME, SAN NICOLA ORTHODOX CHURCH, IN VIA PALESTRO n. 69-71 Frequented by Tarkovskij during his stay in Rome and often cited in his diaries. Chiesa via Palestro 1 | Chiesa via Palestro 2

The church where there is a copy of the Madonna di Vladimir

PORTONOVO, SANTA MARIA DI PORTONOVO CHURCH The church contain a reproduction of the famous russian icon. Visited at various times and remembered by Tarkovskij for this reason. Portonovo – Madonna di Vladimir | Portonovo – Totale abside

The house bought in San Gregorio

SAN GREGORIO DA SASSOLA, BRANCACCIO PARK San Gregorio parco Brancaccio: House bought by Tarkovskij as his permanent habitation. He never lives there due to the impossibility of modify it. San Gregorio – parco Brancaccio

The flat rented in San Gregorio

SAN GREGORIO DA SASSOLA, VIA ROMA n. 10, SECOND FLOOR San Gregorio – Via Roma 10: Flat rented by Tarkovskij and his wife Larisa while they was waiting for the works in the bought house. San Gregorio – Via Roma: The building where is the flat.

"Andrey Tarkovsky, a poet in the cinema"

Ancient Monterano This documentary-interview by Donatella Baglivo was shot on February 19, 1983 along the banks of Mignone and Bicione, the two rivers that surround the ancient, forsaken village. photo 1 | photo 2 | photo 3 | photo 4