Pasta-making stunningly distills the connection between nature and craft
Light Plate transforms the iconic, idyllic Tuscan landscape into a richly visual palette that contrasts the old with the new, and urban bustle with bucolic calm. Using hand-processed black-and-white film, the US filmmaker Josh Gibson treats the beauty of an Italian countryside and the sensuousness of the pasta-making process with a light, rhythmic touch to achieve a soothingly pleasing abstraction of nature and craft.
Director: Josh Gibson
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