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Ermanno Olmi

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Ermanno Olmi
Olmi in 2013
Born ( 1931-07-24 ) 24 July 1931
Bergamo , Italy
Died 7 May 2018 (2018-05-07) (aged 86)
Asiago , Italy
Occupation(s) Film director
Screenwriter
Cinematographer
Film editor
Years active 1953?2018

Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 ? 7 May 2018) [1] [2] [3] was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Il Posto (1961) and The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1977), which won the Palme d'Or . Throughout his career Olmi blended Italian neorealism with Christian humanism, with many of his films following humble characters through the spiritual trials of harsh conditions.

Early life [ edit ]

Olmi was born to a working-class Catholic family in Bergamo , in the Lombardy region in northern Italy, and raised in nearby Treviglio . [4] [5] [6]

When Olmi was three years old, his family moved to Milan , where his parents found work with the utility company Edison-Volta. [4] At age 16, Olmi began working there as a messenger. Olmi was initially interested in architecture, but was inspired to pursue cinema by the works of Roberto Rossellini . He began taking art classes and convinced Edison-Volta to start a documentary division. As head of the new division, Olmi made as many as 40 corporate documentaries. [5] [2] [4]

Olmi's first feature film, Time Stood Still began as a corporate documentary about a hydroelectric dam. [4]

Career [ edit ]

Olmi's first scripted film was the acclaimed Il Posto , which follows a young man entering corporate life. Parts of the story were drawn from Olmi's experiences working in Milan. The film starred non-professional actor Loredana Detto, who Olmi would later marry. [4]

Following from his humble start in corporate documentaries, Olmi typically helmed minimal productions, often writing, directing, filming, and editing the films himself. [7]

Perhaps his best known film is The Tree of Wooden Clogs ( L'Albero degli zoccoli ), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival . The film drew heavily on Olmi's grandmother's stories about peasant life in agricultural regions of Italy. [2] In 1983 his film Walking, Walking was screened out of competition at Cannes . In 1988, his La leggenda del santo bevitore ( The Legend of the Holy Drinker ), based on the novella by Joseph Roth and starring Rutger Hauer , won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival as well as a David di Donatello award.

In 1982, Olmi founded Ipotesi Cinema, a film school in the village of Bassano del Grappa . [8]

His The Profession of Arms ( Il mestiere delle armi ) also won a David di Donatello award.

Awards [ edit ]

David di Donatello [ edit ]

Nastro d'Argento [ edit ]

Filmography [ edit ]

Legacy [ edit ]

Olmi has been the subject of many retrospectives. In 2019, the Austrian Film Museum conducted a complete retrospective of Olmi's work (excluding only his short films) ? together with the films of Federico Fellini ? in collaboration with the Cineteca Nazionale and the "Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Vienna". [9]

Also in 2019, Film at Lincoln Center honored Olmi with a two-week retrospective. The series was co-produced by Istituto Luce Cinecitta and presented in association with the Ministry of Culture of Italy. [10] [11] [12] The films then traveled to Cleveland, where the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque hosted a seven-part retrospective. [13]

In 2008 he received the Honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . [14] He had turned down the same award in 2004, feeling that it would have signified a premature end to his career. [3]

Personal life [ edit ]

In 1959, Olmi moved to the Asiago plateau, where he would live for the rest of his life. [4] Olmi led a relatively simple life away from the spotlight of the film industry, only rarely sitting for interviews and keeping no copies of his films. Olmi reportedly hesitated to travel by air. [7]

In 1963 Olmi married Loredana Detto, who had played Antonietta Masetti in his film Il Posto (1961). [15] The couple had 3 children; Fabio, Elisabetta, and Andrea. [3]

Olmi died on 7 May 2018 in Asiago. His death was mourned by then Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni as well as director Martin Scorsese . [3]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Lutto nel cinema, e morto Ermanno Olmi (in Italian)
  2. ^ a b c Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018). " Ermanno Olmi obituary ". The Guardian . theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Bartlett, Rhett (7 May 2018). "Ermanno Olmi, Palme d'Or-Winning Director of 'The Tree of Wooden Clogs,' Dies at 86" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 June 2023 .
  4. ^ a b c d e f Roberts, Sam (May 8, 2018). " Ermanno Olmi, Whose Films Captured Humble Lives, Dies at 86 ". The New York Times . nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12. Print version, May 10, 2018, p. A25.
  5. ^ a b "Ermanno Olmi ? biography ? The Neorealism" . www.ilneorealismo.com . Retrieved 11 May 2018 .
  6. ^ Young, Deborah (12 February 2017). "The Tree of Wooden Clogs: The Sacredness of Life as Understatement" . The Criterion Collection . The Criterion Collection . Retrieved 8 July 2019 . Born in the Lombard province Bergamo to a working-class family with deep Catholic roots...
  7. ^ a b Young, Deborah (March?April 2001). "on earth as it is in heaven" . Film Comment . 37 (2): 56?60, 62. JSTOR   43578417 . Retrieved 5 June 2023 .
  8. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (7 May 2018). "Ermanno Olmi, 'Tree of Wooden Clogs' Director, Dies at 86" . Variety . Retrieved 6 June 2023 .
  9. ^ "Filmmuseum ? Programmarchiv" . www.filmmuseum.at (in German) . Retrieved 28 February 2019 .
  10. ^ "Ermanno Olmi" . Film at Lincoln Center . Retrieved 2020-05-27 .
  11. ^ Scott, A.O. (12 June 2019). "How Ermanno Olmi Found Grace in the Daily Labors of Italians" . The New York Times . Retrieved 4 June 2023 .
  12. ^ Paterno, Cristiana (6 December 2019). "Ermanno Olmi retrospective in New York" . Cinecitta News . Retrieved 5 June 2023 .
  13. ^ "Italian film series "Sacred Duties: Films by Ermanno Olmi" " . www.pluggedincleveland.com . Retrieved 2020-05-27 .
  14. ^ " 'Maestro of Italian cinema' Ermanno Olmi dies" . 7 May 2018 . Retrieved 11 May 2018 .
  15. ^ "Ermanno Olmi: moglie, figli e vita privata del regista" . News Mondo (in Italian). 7 May 2018 . Retrieved 11 May 2018 .

External links [ edit ]

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