ON its 25th anniversary (but only now getting a New York release), Franco Piavoli’s “Blue Planet” is exhilarating and depressing.
The exhilaration is triggered by the documentary’s glowing depiction of a beautiful Earth; the depression comes from the knowledge that the natural bounty that God bestowed on us is being destroyed by greedy humankind.
Surely, Piavoli, one of Italy’s leading experimental filmmakers, had no idea when he made the dialogue-free documentary that he was providing snapshots so people of the future could see how people of the past trashed Mother Nature.
Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Two Boots Pioneer, Avenue A and Third Street.