Some documentaries speak of travel in order to reach scenery; others speak of travel in order to reach civilisation. Walking Through Tuscany belongs to the latter. It does not film Tuscany merely as a combination of sunlight, hills, vineyards, and old cities, but follows its historical and cultural towns into living scenes woven from art.

Walking Tuscany
行走,托斯卡纳
Some documentaries speak of travel in order to reach scenery; others speak of travel in order to reach civilisation. Walking Through Tuscany belongs to the latter. It does not film Tuscany merely as a combination of sunlight, hills, vineyards, and old cities, but follows its historical and cultural towns into living scenes woven from art.
What Walking Through Tuscany ultimately leaves behind is not only a set of beautiful images of Italy. It is more like a slow journey between civilisations. A person sets out from their own culture, walks toward another land, and then looks back at themselves with new understanding. Such walking is neither curiosity-see.






《行走,托斯卡纳》:在文艺复兴的风里,听见文明互鉴的回声
有些纪录片讲旅行,是为了抵达风景;有些纪录片讲旅行,是为了抵达文明。《行走,托斯卡纳》属于后者。它没有把托斯卡纳仅仅拍成阳光、山丘、葡萄园和古城的组合,而是沿着一座座历史文化名城,走进艺术、手工、饮食、时尚和贸易交织出的生活现场。托斯卡纳在片中不是一个遥远的欧洲目的地,而是一片可以与中国文化发生对话的土地。行走,是这部纪录片最合适的姿态。因为真正理解一片土地。
Some documentaries speak of travel in order to reach scenery; others speak of travel in order to reach civilisation. Walking Through Tuscany belongs to the latter. It does not film Tuscany merely as a combination of sunlight, hills, vineyards, and old cities, but follows its historical and cultural towns into living scenes woven from art.
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