The Creation of Meaning

Name: The Creation of Meaning
Released: December 17, 2015
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 74

2015

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| Release Date: December 17, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: The Creation of Meaning is set in the Tuscan Alps, where German occupying forces massacred hundreds of civilians during WWII, and follows the daily life of Pacifico, a shepherd born in the wake of the war among those same breathtaking landscapes. The film blurs fiction, documentary and anthropology to explore the transient nature of meaningThe Creation of Meaning is set in the Tuscan Alps, where German occupying forces massacred hundreds of civilians during WWII, and follows the daily life of Pacifico, a shepherd born in the wake of the war among those same breathtaking landscapes. The film blurs fiction, documentary and anthropology to explore the transient nature of meaning in capturing what Borges calls an Aleph, an allegorical singularity in space and time where past, present and future overlap and intertwine.… Expand

Director: Simone Rapisarda Casanova

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Melissa Anderson

Dec 17, 2015

Rapisarda Casanova's film shows just how much natural splendor dominates the region, here caught at the height of estival glory. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Dec 16, 2015

Throughout the film, the beauty of the landscapes and the totally natural insertion of human, animal and insect movement within the frame lend The Creation of Meaning a particular grace. Read full review

Carson Lund

Nov 16, 2015

In the simultaneously heady and lyrical The Creation of Meaning, we're obviously implicated in that comment, as the film views the meaning-making process as something malleable and dependent on perspective. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Dec 17, 2015

Cutaways to nature’s splendor abound: Mists enfold the mountain; Mr. Casanova mesmerizingly holds one cross-fade from these clouds. Read full review

Neil Young

Nov 16, 2015

An uneven but promising sophomore outing for Montreal-based Italian director Simone Rapisarda Casanova. Read full review

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