Italian director Michelangelo
Antonioni, who became an icon of arthouse cinema with films such as "L'Avventura" and "Blowup," died July 30 in Rome.
"Red Desert" is the product of Italian master director Michelangelo
Antonioni, best known for his trilogy of films that dealt with the dissatisfaction inherent to modern life -- "L'Avventura" (The Adventure -- 1960), "La Notte" (1961), and "L'Eclisse" (The Eclipse -- 1962).
My conjectural argument will focus not on a text but on a film: Michelangelo
Antonioni's L'eclisse (The Eclipse), starring Monica Vitti and Alain Delon, released in Italyon April 12, 1962.
Thursday November 23 2pm
Antonioni Day Michelangelo
Antonioni (1912-2007) is one of the most iconic directors of world cinema.
These ideas are applied to examine classic Italian films by Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and Michelangelo
Antonioni. Films examined are The Earth Trembles, Germany Year Zero, Eclipse, and The Night.
In
Antonioni's films, the cogency that is chiefly accountable for cutting edge is specialized.
The cover features a movie poster of Michelangelo
Antonioni's 1950 drama film Cronaca di un amore (Story of a Love Affair), starring Massimo Girotti and Lucia Bose.
Produced by Cesare Zavattini, widely recognized as the godfather of Italian neorealism, this portmanteau work assembles six shorts by filmmakers who went on to embody the neorealist movement -- Michelangelo
Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Dino Risi, Carlo Lizzani and Alberto Lattuada.