A clairvoyant philosopher, decaying cities, and the question: can mysticism survive capitalism?
Finding Rudolf Steiner is a visually entrancing journey into the occult philosophy of clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner set against a background of modern moral and social decay. This film has been selected for the 2006 Calgary International Film Festival. The film presents fragments of interviews with leading international experts on Steiner's spiritual vision in counterpoint to archival footage and riveting visuals from the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Detroit. Steiner died in 1925 and was one of the most profound and original thinkers of the twentieth century, known as much for his clairvoyant explorations into the true nature of man as he was for the creation of Waldorf Education and biodynamic farming. In a world increasingly dominated by technology, materialism, and the threat of a growing international [...]
Cinematography
Stunning urban decay footage from Detroit to Buenos Aires
Direction
Antonelli's counterpoint structure: thinkers vs crumbling streets
Editing
Fragments that refuse easy answers, demanding active viewing
Director
David Antonelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David Antonelli spent three years gathering footage before securing interviews, originally intending a short film that ballooned after discovering Steiner's biodynamic farming connection to modern environmental movements.
The film arrived at peak 'zeitgeist documentary' era—2006 was the year of An Inconvenient Truth and Who Killed the Electric Car—yet Steiner's explicitly spiritual framework made it a cult object rather than crossover hit.
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