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title: "The Tree of Wooden Clogs"
brand: "luigi ornaghifrancesca moriggi"
price: "249 kr"
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# The Tree of Wooden Clogs

**Brand:** luigi ornaghifrancesca moriggi
**Price:** 249 kr
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- **What is this?** The Tree of Wooden Clogs by luigi ornaghifrancesca moriggi
- **How much does it cost?** 249 kr with free shipping
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TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS, THE

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## Customer Reviews

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    The Tree of the Wooden Clogs
  

*by O***C on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2013*

Ermanno Olmi's The Tree of the Wooden Clogs captures a slice of rural life in turn of the century Italy in all its disarming simplicity. The authenticity of the depiction of life of early twentieth century rural Italy is partly an outcome of Olmi's use of non-professional actors. Their gestures, their remarkable tenacity and gentleness is there to be seen through the transparent style of Olmi's cinematic art, that is part-realism and part-romanticism. Through the lens of Olmi's peculiar art, the heart of the farmer's world, its inner rhythms and moods, the lived experience of rural life, shines on screen with a vividness that is astounding.The movie seems like a documentary at times but that is only because of the phenomenal art of Olmi's cinema. The gestures of the non-actors, their lack of "acting", their remarkable lack of consciousness show a radical form of innocence that belies the richness of the tools at Olmi's disposal, the peculiar embellishments of  cinematography, the baroque soundtrack, the marvelous compositional uses of his style.The purity of Olmi's style, utterly new and unique, is perfectly appropriate for the simple, tranquil, even prelapsarian quality of the form of life shown in this film. The closest literary analog I can think of is Tolstoy's spare narratives in his short stories, where meaning is conveyed in concentrated moments of feeling without calling attention to the aesthetic framing that makes possible the density of the lived experience. Even if the film feels like a documentary, or a highly sophisticated form of ethnography, Olmi employs a highly refined style to convey simple human emotions in all its original, even transcendent, power. This film resurrects the spirit of the neo-realist films of the 1940s, their characteristic honesty, decency, and tenaciousness, while also bringing in a subtle formalism that has much to contribute to the realism of the piece.This is not a sentimental film. Far from it. Aspects of survival weave into this idyllic life that also shock us out of any expectation of an overly romanticized look at rural life. The struggle in the daily game of survival has a toughness about it. Rural life may seem idyllic, even gentle, but that outward grace emerges out of an  unquestioning acceptance of the full cycle of life, its pleasantries and harshness. The scenes that register the tragic dimensions of life make the more transcendental moments that much more luminous.There is one scene in this film that conveys clearly and unforgettably how beauty emerges out of the surprise of ordinary moments. This is fully present in the gesture of a young woman just after she has learned that she is to be married to the man she has taken a liking to. Her face fills the screen, but her eyes look downward, closed, with a shyness that tries hard not to reveal her happiness. She has a faint smile on her lips, however, and her face has the glow of hope that she can hardly hide. She is radiantly beautiful unaware of her luminous look. That expression, so unconscious of itself, and yet so blissful is among the most powerful expressions of beauty on film. There is no display of beauty, just the simple, open, fact of beauty present in all its pristine quality for us to see. Her shyness highlights her beauty; her silence, unconditional love, all these "emotions" are brought together in that image. By showing us this sort of beauty, Olmi stands out for me, among a handful of filmmakers, as an inspired artist who has pushed the boundaries of cinema, what it can and should express, to an entirely new qualitative level.

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    A Vanished Way of Life
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2020*

The Tree of Wooden Clogs is an unflinchingly honest look at rural Italian life at the turn of the twentieth century.  Peasants do not know how to read, the priest urges people to believe on the strength of miracles and a traveling peddler is a source of excitement. But the beauty of family and community comes through in a way the modern West sorely lacks.There is no real plot or narrative.  Events occur in the lives of the peasants; some good, some bad. The cinematography is exquisite, particularly in this restored version. But do not expect much drama in the three hour plus movie.It is worth watching if you like to time-travel, to see a place that once was typical of Europe and now exists mostly only in the mind.Personally, I loved it and understood why it won the Palmes D’Or at the Cannes film festival. But movies like this are an acquired taste. If you like novels with little narrative, say Faulkner or Proust, you are likely to also love the Tree of Wooden Clogs.  For those who like movies with action scenes seemingly drawn from the Fast and the Furious this is a safe pass.

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    Great film.....useless release
  

*by S***I on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2012*

The Tree of wooden clogs is a wonderful, raw portrayal of rural peasant life in turn of the century (i.e. 19th-20th Century) Italy, magnificiently portraying the joys, sorrows , trepidations, faith and charity of a group of tenant farmers. It also very beautifully portrays the hope that these people have for a better tomorrow. It is a time of hardships and yet a time of great love for the less fortunate.......a much better time, just because of the latter. It is composed entirely of a cast of non-actors. A great film on realism.Be forewarned ye vegetarians and lovers of animals. There is a very ( emphasis on VERY) descriptive slaughter of a pig and a duck...... (put me off bacon for a couple of days!).Not something one should let children see....!However the review of two stars is not for the film itself but for the banal subtitles.....too few and far between that a chunk of the conversation is lost.Eventhough the producers might have chosen to omit certain segments of the dialogue, I genuinely feel that the charchter of the film is inevitably, to a certain degree, lost as well.Secondly the DVD is PAL format. So unless you have a multi-system player, one can only use one's computer to watch this film. Why is a PAL system film being sold in North America? Search me...... and why is it region 0 (all regions)?Two thumbs up for the fim....two thumbs down for this DVD release.........

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