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Gabriele Ferzetti,
Gabriele Ferzetti,
Monica Vitti,
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Michelangelo Antonioni,
Michelangelo Antonioni
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: Not Rated
: Criterion
: Drama, Foreign, Italy, Criterion Collection
: Italian
: English
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This ground-breaking film won a Special Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and established its director, Michelangelo Antonioni, as a major international talent. The plot concerns a yachting trip by a small group of jaded socialites, including Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti), an aging architect who sold out for easy money long ago, his mistress Anna (Lea Massari), and her friend Claudia (Monica Vitti), who doesn't fit in with the wealthy jet-setters' dissolute ethics. When Anna disappears during a tour of a volcanic island, Claudia initially blames Sandro's emotionally barren behavior toward her. As they search the island, however, Claudia and Sandro grow closer and -- when it is apparent that Anna is gone forever -- become lovers. Unfortunately, Sandro cannot find anything decent inside himself and betrays Claudia with a local prostitute. Caught in the act, Sandro has a heartrending breakdown on a desolate beach, but Claudia silently forgives him. L'avventura caught many audiences who were expecting a mystery by surprise; as in La notte (1961), The Eclipse (1962), and Red Desert (1964), Antonioni is interested less in developing a logical story than in exploring states of feeling and breakdowns in human connection. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Features:
- Audio commentary by film historian Gene Youngblood
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by cammelltoe
May 1, 2005 - 2:13 PM PDT
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9 out of 10 members found this review helpful
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| I always thought of Antonioni as one of the most over-rated of the canonized "great" directors, a notion reinforced by a recent re-watching of the revered but oh-so-poncy mod spectacle Blow-Up and seeing his interesting but inconsequtial segment of Eros. But this one made me a believer. Essentially a non-story about rich people with no souls, L'avventura triumphs on the strength of it's images: composition, editing, and especially the way actors move and/or are placed in the frame. These visual tools are used meticulously to convey the tragic solitude the characters are trapped in, even while engaging in the most intimate of relationships. Without this guy, it would have taken people like Wong Kar-Wai and Claire Denis alot longer to get where they are now. So, a vital film for anyone who cares passionately about cinema. |
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