English
550 ft
16mm
B&W
Sound on tape
"Nature Of Life: From far away Trieste, Giuseppe Della Noce sent this 550 foot black and white sound film, which represents tremedous effort, both in the photography and in the sound recording. Displaying the sensitive poetic talents of its maker, Nature Of Life is by way of revelation of life itself. The opening shots, conceived with great imagination, suggest the beggining of time, the settling of the earth and its eventual population. The mating instinct is portrayed in a childhood friendship that ripens into love and finally marriage, and the picture goes on from there to show the progression of life symbolized finally by an old couple slowly plodding up a mountain path, while two frisky youngsters pass them coming down the mountain. Unfortunately choice of narrator for the comentary was not the best and the narration, on which much of the picture's continuity and effectiveness depends, falls far short of its goal." American Cinematographer, May. 1951, 192.
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