Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Michelangelo antonioni s first collaboration with poet tonino guerra extended his early experiments with narrative. Antonioni s controversial international sensation is a gorgeously shot tale of modern ennui and spiritual isolation. Although the results of the critical debates about dubbing versus subtitling in the 1960s have become received wisdom in. Being successful as a writer, giovanni has lost his sense of reality, while lidia ends up in an existential crisis due. No subtitles are provided for the largely nonitalianspeaking viewers watching mad men at home, and the scene lasts for no more than twenty seconds before cutting back. The adventure is a 1960 italian film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring gabriele ferzetti.
Jeanne moreau, marcello mastroianni, monica vitti, bernhard wicki, rosy mazzacurati, maria pia luzi director. He died at the same day as ingmar bergman, another famous director. Michelangelo antonioni cavaliere di gran croce omri. This very fact of playing with the fundamentals of cinematic narration is what actually brings antonioni and haneke together. Screenplay by antonioni, ennio flaiano, tonino guerra. He was born on 29 september 1912 and died in 2007 at the age of 94, having worked until almost the very end. Certainly malaparte wouldve enjoyed the surrealism in the following scene when giovanni, on leaving. Antonioni article about antonioni by the free dictionary. Michelangelo antonioni celebrity profile check out the latest michelangelo antonioni photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Marcello mastroianni also stars in michelangelo antonioni s look at the breakup of a marriage over a single night during which the couple attend a party. This psychologically acute, visually striking modernist work was director michelangelo antonionis followup to the epochal lavventura. Marcello mastroianni and jeanne moreau star as a novelist and his frustrated wife, who confront their alienation from each other and the empty bourgeois circles in which they travel. With jeanne moreau, marcello mastroianni, monica vitti. Following up lavventura, antonionis auteur reputation continued to rise with this berlin film festival prize.
In the night, they go to a nightclub, and later to a. Filmed on location in milan, the film is about a day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their deteriorating relationship. July 30, 2007, rome, italy filmography bibliography articles in senses web resources the films of michelangelo antonioni are aesthetically complex critically stimulating though elusive in meaning. The film attracted a political critique that equated antonioni s work with the writings of andre gide. Movie talk michelangelo antonioni films any suggestions. Michelangelo antonioni s 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decadedefining artistic events, and red desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. Michelangelo antonioni, janus films and criterion collection. While he had made five previous movies, 1957s il grido being the most essential of the bunch, italian filmmaker michelangelo antonionis career didnt really begin in earnest until a may 1960 evening at the cannes film festival where his latest film, lavventura, was met with boos, exaggerated yawns, loud jeers, and even derisive laughter. With gabriella pallotta, steve cochran, alida valli, dorian gray. One of the few michelangelo antonioni il gridored desertblowup films of emptiness, alienation and anguish among the bourgeois i found displeasing and pointless. The masters of cinema series is proud to present michelangelo antonionis. Developed from a story by antonioni with cowriters elio bartolini and tonino guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman massari during a boating trip in the mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her by her. Jul 30, 2007 find films and movies featuring michelangelo antonioni on allmovie. Following up l avventura, antonionis auteur reputation continued to rise with this berlin film festival prize.
Michelangelo antonioni 29 september 1912 30 july 2007 was an italian movie director and screenwriter. Breathless, truffauts shoot the piano player and scorseses taxi driver. Michelangelo antonioni was born in 1912 into a middleclass family and grew up in bourgeois surroundings of the italian province. They are ambiguous works that pose difficult questions and resist simple conclusions.
Michelangelo antonioni simple english wikipedia, the free. Fragmenting time and space, the italian master created a potent new language for storytelling, and in the process charted a topography of modern ennui. The psychological landscapes of michelangelo antonioni. Jul 30, 2007 italian filmmaker michelangelo antonioni redefined the concept of narrative cinema, challenging the accepted notions at the heart of storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. The adventure is a 1960 italian film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring gabriele ferzetti, monica vitti, and lea massari. With jeanne moreau, marcello mastroianni, monica vitti, bernhard wicki. The middle film in director michelangelo antonionis acclaimed early1960s trilogy of alienation. Sep 27, 2012 this is the centenary year of michelangelo antonioni.
The following entry presents an overview of antonioni s career through 1999. Antonionis key, early films are best understood from the point of view of a feminist director keeping in mind antonionis own philosophy, as noted above, the feminine sensibility is a far more precise filter than any other to. Meanwhile, giovanni, seemingly oblivious to his crumbling. In the course of a day we follow the couple giovanni marcello mastroianni and lidia jeanne moreau. Michelangelo antonioni article about michelangelo antonioni. Michelangelo antonioni s masterpiece stars marcello mastroianni and jeanne moreau as a couple reexamining their emotional bonds. Chegando a roma em 1940 estudou no centro sperimentale di cinematografia na cinecitta, onde conheceu alguns dos artistas com quem acabou cooperando nos anos futuros. Michelangelo antonioni movies and filmography allmovie. Its the middle leg of his bored with life trilogy beginning with lavventura and ending with eclipse.
Aug 01, 2007 michelangelo antonioni was born on sept. This psychologically acute, visually striking modernist work was director michelangelo antonioni s followup to the epochal lavventura. In 1939 he went to rome and worked for the journal cinema studying directorship at the school of cinema. Fragmenting time and space, the italian master created a potent new language for storytelling, and in. Michelangelo antonioni wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Michelangelo antonioni simple english wikipedia, the. With every shot we witness meticulous framing, taut and economical movements, precisely calibrated spaces and 5 the psychological landscapes of michelangelo antonioni 1912 2007 a centenary tribute. Michelangelo antonioni 19 italian film director, screenwriter, short story writer, and painter. On the technical side, the discs video transfer is exceptional and the audio mix is very strong. Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of homer. Its a daunting spot to be in, between the breakthrough in international art cinema that was lavventura 1960, with its daring narrative and character ambiguities, and the evocative, ethereal leclisse 1962, which seemed. The night is a 1961 italian drama film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring marcello mastroianni, jeanne moreau and monica vitti with umberto eco appearing in a cameo.
Though michelangelo antonioni worked throughout the forties on short documentaries like n. Michelangelo antonioni was an italian film director, producer, editor, short story writer and screenwriter. A man wanders aimlessly, away from his town, away from the woman he loved, emotionally and socially inactive. This biography profiles his childhood, life, film career, achievements and timeline. Marcello mastroianni and jeanne moreau star as a novelist and his frustrated wife, who, over the course of one night, confront their alienation from each other and the achingly empty bourgeois milan circles in which they travel. A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship. In bologna he studied economics and commerce while he painted and also wrote criticism for a local newspaper. This provocative look at the spiritual desolation of the technological ageabout a disaffected woman, brilliantly portrayed by antonioni muse monica vitti, wandering through a bleak industrial landscape beset by power. I want to school myself, i want to be a pompous dick, i want to expand my horizons, go with which ever option you like. Through striking compositions and a hypnotic rhythm, the director gives visual form to the tragic space that lingers between us. Jul 31, 2017 featuring jeanne moreau and marcello mastroianni. This psychologically acute, visually striking modernist work was michelangelo antonioni s followup to the epochal l. Nov 22, 2016 this very fact of playing with the fundamentals of cinematic narration is what actually brings antonioni and haneke together.
We are saddled with a culture that hasnt advanced as far as science. Region 1 us and canada this dvd will probably not be. Michelangelo antonioni biography, movie highlights and. In milan, lidia jeanne moreau suddenly storms out of a posh gathering held to honor her husband, giovanni marcello mastroianni, who has just written a new novel. My movie based new years resolution is to watch less junk and more artsy films. Michelangelo antonioni s masterpiece stars marcello mastroianni and jeanne moreau as a couple. Distressed at the news that her friend tommaso bernhard wicki has a terminal illness, lidia begins roaming the streets of the city, questioning her marriage to giovanni.