The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings, and notable for its original, lavish Art Deco interior fittings and decor. The structure remained largely unused for more than 30 years after its closure; in 2008 its condition was described as "very bad" by English Heritage, which included it in its Heritage at Risk Register. The site was also listed on the 2004 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund.
How do you describe a film of such beauty? You can’t. It’s like tapping into a dream - you can only experience it yourself to understand what Tarkovsky was after. He was making images which nobody had ever dreamed of, on weird old Soviet film stock, and people still haven’t figured out how exactly he did it or what materials he used exactly.