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Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960s cinema and a gripping narrative in its own right, concerns the enigmatic disappearance of a young woman during a yachting trip off the coast of Sicily, and the search taken up by her disaffe...

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Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Antonioni, Michelangelo (Screenwriter), Bartolini, Elio, 1922-2006 (Screenwriter), Guerra, Tonino (Screenwriter), Vitti, Monica (Actor), Ferzetti, Gabriele, 1925-2015 (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Italian dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 98.
Subjects:
Missing persons > Italy > Sicily > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Italy > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Romance films.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960s cinema and a gripping narrative in its own right, concerns the enigmatic disappearance of a young woman during a yachting trip off the coast of Sicily, and the search taken up by her disaffected lover and best friend. Antonioniâ‚‚s controversial international sensation is a gorgeously shot tale of modern ennui and spiritual isolation.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: audio commentary featuring film historian Gene Youngblood ; selected scene commentary by filmmaker Olivier Assayas; Antonioni: documents and testimonials, 58 minute 1966 documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi; writings by Michelangelo Antonioni, read by actor Jack Nicholson; trailer; essay by critic Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, along with the statement Antonioni made about the film and the letter that circulated in support of it after its 1960 Cannes premiere.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:Blu-ray, widescreen (1.77:1), mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; production designer, Piero Poletto ; costume design, Adriana Berselli ; music by Giovanni Fusco ; editor, Eraldo da Roma.
ISBN:9781604658934
1604658932