Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Ermanno Olmi
June 14 - 26, 2019
For one of his most senses-ravishing works, Olmi imagines the biblical book of Genesis as a golden-hued visual tone poem, a meditative, lyrical expression of personal spirituality that finds transcendence in the beauty of the natural world.
In one of his most ravishingly sensuous works, Olmi imagines the biblical book of Genesis as a golden-hued visual tone poem. Shot in Morocco with a cast of local Bedouins, Genesis: The Creation and the Flood begins as an old man answers his curious grandson’s questions by recounting to him the Christian story of creation, from the first day, to the tale of Adam and Eve, to the myth of the great flood. Worlds removed from the high-gloss spectacle of Hollywood’s biblical epics, Olmi’s vision is a meditative, lyrical expression of personal spirituality that finds transcendence in the beauty of the natural world. 35mm print from Istituto Luce Cinecittà.
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