Intelligent film, but a little bit too long and too slow.
The film has no plot, but only a theme. The theme is that human life consists of four hierarchically ordered layers.
The first and highest is the layer of the ratio. This layer is exclusively human. The next is awareness of the enviromment using the senses (anamalistic). The third layer is growth (biological processes, vegetables) and the lowest level is mineral at which level change is brought about by chemical processes.
In "Le quattro volte" the layers are represented by a sheperd (human), a goat (animal), a tree (vegetable) and charcoal (mineral).
The idea of the four different layers (great chain of being) is very old and originates in Greek philosophy. It was later adopted in Christianity, where an angelic layer and a divine layer were added above the human being.
The film has no plot, but only a theme. The theme is that human life consists of four hierarchically ordered layers.
The first and highest is the layer of the ratio. This layer is exclusively human. The next is awareness of the enviromment using the senses (anamalistic). The third layer is growth (biological processes, vegetables) and the lowest level is mineral at which level change is brought about by chemical processes.
In "Le quattro volte" the layers are represented by a sheperd (human), a goat (animal), a tree (vegetable) and charcoal (mineral).
The idea of the four different layers (great chain of being) is very old and originates in Greek philosophy. It was later adopted in Christianity, where an angelic layer and a divine layer were added above the human being.