The Blue Planet

Winner of Italy ’s Academy Award (Nastro d ’Argento), BLUE PLANET contains images and sounds, meticulously collected and developed over three years, that illustrate the passing of time through the four seasons, through the 24 hours of a day and through the evolutionary existence of the planet itself. The film begins by capturing the simplicity of winter ’s thaw into spring and then segues into everyday farm life in the Italian countryside, where a multi-generational family goes about its daily routine of harvesting the land. Piavoli asks us to discard customary expectations about movies and enter into a different frame of mind to appreciate the beautiful panorama of nature and life. —nwFilmCenter