ForLeGenoudArtemideJean-MarieStraubonceagainchoseadialoguebyCesarePavese.Andnotjustanydialogue,butonethattearsopenapainful,mysticalabyssbetweenloveandtheoneleftbehind.Thefilmisonesingleexhilarationandonesinglerush,aspellanddispersionintonature.Itrisesfromadarkscreenandchanttodisappearinthewoodswiththewhisperofthewind.Ithaslittletodowithwhatisgenerallycalled«cinema».Ithasonefootintheworldbeyond.Naturehastenmilliontimestheimaginationofthemostimaginativeofartists.(Jean-MarieStraub)
