Description
Book Synopsis Ermanno Olmi is one of cinema''s great, unsung filmmakers. Emerging onto the Italian art film scene just as the last canonical neo-realist movies were released in the late 1950s and early 1960s, several of Olmi''s films, including Il Posto (1961), The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) and The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988), won top prizes at Cannes and Venice. However, the majority of his work has remained unappreciated. This, the first English language book on Olmi, explores the director''s style and evolving environmentalism, from his early, institutional short films, made while working at an Italian energy company, to his 19 feature films.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- A Brief Biography
- 1. In the Beginning, There Was … Edisonvolta
- 2. Time Standing Still and Moving Freely: Olmi's Boom Trilogy and the Evolution of His Time-Shifting Style
- 3. Disillusionment with Success During gli anni di piombo in Olmi's Post-Boom Trilogy
- 4. Revisiting the Past to Contemplate Our Freedom in the Present: Olmi's History Films
- 5. Exemplary Realities: Olmi's Fables and Parables
- 6. Christ and Religion According to an Aspiring Christian
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
