Walking, Walking
- slow-burn
Neutral, slow-burn, measured drama / magi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Italian maestro Ermanno Olmi tells the tale of the journey of the Magi in this lyrical odyssey. The film focuses on a wise man who interprets his sighting of a comet streaking through the sky as a spiritual message. Joined by two associates, soldiers, villagers and others, the Magi sets out on a journey that tests his beliefs and strength.
Our read · Walking, Walking (1983) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, inventive drama · magi · allegory entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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