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Re: Another evening with Ermanno Olmi: I Fidanzati

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In Reply to: Another evening with Ermanno Olmi: I Fidanzati posted by Victor Khomenko on January 13, 2005 at 19:08:47:

I saw both these Olmi films just recently on Criterion DVD's. Had orginally seen them in the late 70's at Carnegie Hall Cinema in NYC.
What strikes me about these two films is their subtly stated condemnation of the way work has made into a brutalizing experience.Because of economic necessity, people will open themselves to all sorts of humilation. I think Olmi's point is it doesn't have to be so.
Instead of lecturing, he lets the obvious be seen. Perhaps, Olmi is quietly making a case case against capitalism?

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Re: Another evening with Ermanno Olmi: I Fidanzati - Victor Khomenko 13:12:29 01/14/05 (0)
I think that points does come across fairly clearly, he does see the industry and capitalism as dehumanizing - and shows it that way, much more so in the Il Posto - the dreary room full of grey lifers locked in, what an awful prospect for the rest of your life! And a dream, at the same time - the dream of lifetime employment!
I think it is incredible how those small and short works can actually tell us that much, and just ho they go about it.

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