What makes the film interesting is the mood it creates of absence and loneliness. Vittoria monica vitti breaks off an affair with a writer, riccardo francisco rabal, and begins a summer romance with an energetic young stockbroker, piero alain delon. Leclisse tells the story of a young woman who leaves one lover only to drift into a relationship with another. A video essay on the visual storytelling in michelangelo antonionis 1962 feature film leclisse. Oct 11, 2011 the most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans daniel amen tedxorangecoast duration. Discs, cases and booklets are in excellent condition. The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans daniel amen tedxorangecoast duration. If its true that we take a particular interest in the culture of the era just before we were born then my enthusiasm for leclisse may be predetermined.
The films plot structure is interesting because it is first vittorias film, then pieros film, then vittoria and pieros film. Lidia then breaks off a piece of the wall of the abandoned building, resembling perhaps wood, plaster, or a shard of rusted metal, an act analogous to what vittoria will later do with the broken piece of wood in the next chapter, leclisse, of antonionis single film. Lavventura1960 was directed by michelangelo antonioni. M ichelangelo antonioni s mysterious and disquieting 1962 film l eclisse the eclipse is rereleased in uk cinemas for the first time in 10 years. Antonioni 19122007, whose fascination with mediated reality only deepened over time, was a restless experimenter with composition, camera movement. Antonioni s l eclisse feels poorly formed in the sense that im not exactly sure what antonioni was trying to convey with his modernist, threadbare film full of the usual antonioni themes alienation and malaise brought on by society and its seemly oppressive landscapes of ominous architecture. Fancy watching l eclisse on your tv, phone, or tablet. Antonionis film about stockbrokers and urban alienation is like its protagonists.
If he started to make documentaries and feature films akin to the italian neorealism trend e. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the michelangelo antonionidirected movie via subscription can be a huge. And then comes the very final image of l eclisse, which. Architecture is a major character in leclisse, as prominent in the scenario as any of the trio of vittoria, riccardo and piero. It would be hard to overstate michelangelo antonionis influence on postwar cinema, architecture and design, fashion, and literature, even on modern conceptions of the intellectual and the erotic. Antonioni author see all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It is widely recognized that michelangelo antonionis film leclisse is a late italian neorealist critique of the alienating effects of capitalist reification, mass society, mechanization, dysfunctional gender roles and urban living in cold war rome. Leclisse official trailer 50th anniversary restoration. Michelangelo antonioni, born in 1912 in ferrare, remains one the most important and inspiring figure of the history of cinema, along with murnau, godard, kurosawa, kubrick or bergman.
Trova trailer, recensioni e tutte le informazioni su leclisse di michelangelo antonioni. The emotional historiography of michelangelo antonionis l. Rather than alienation, though, one might find the common theme to be a pessimistic meditation on the possibility of romantic love in our modern civilization. Antonioni the adventure 1960 italy span sub video dailymotion. Lavventura di michelangelo antonioni 1960 144 completo. Frenzied scenes of the stock exchange provide a hub for this films seminal study of personal relationships in modern society. A second disc contains a 56 minute documentary the eye that changed cinema about antonionis film career and life, as well as elements of landscape, which is a new, 22 minute film about antonioni and the movie, leclisse, featuring the film critic adriano apra. The 2004 criterion collection dvd edition of leclisse is among the most exemplary attempts to return antonioni to us, a release compelling new readings of the film.
Michelangelo antonionis leclisse a broken piece of wood. Using the architecture of rome as a backdrop for the couples doomed affair, antonioni reaches the apotheosis of his modernist style, returning to his favorite themes. With this in mind, the films motifs seem familiar again antonioni employs a cold, unromantic view of life and love centered on a dubious heroine. As the movie develops, and the search for anna widens to the mainland, her lover, sandro gabriele ferzetti, and annas friend, claudia monica vitti begin to become romantically involved. This is not a light evening of movie entertainment, but it is film making at its nonverbal, eloquent best. The film is beautifully shot by luciano tovoli in france, spain and north africa and intimates as much about the. This distinctive interrogative gaze of antonionis camera is paralleled by the gaze of vittis charactersclaudia in lavventura, vittoria in leclisse, giuliana in red desert. Spoiler warning this feature gives away the ending of the film. Each film includes a booklet featuring brief infoessays on the film. Leclisse 1962 ecco una breve sintesi di leclisse film completo. Although leclisse was perhaps antonionis most uncompromising to popular film conventions work, by this time his prestige was so great that the film was nominated for the cannes film festival palm dor.
Winner of the special jury prize at the 15th cannes film festival and deemed the final film in a trilogy from director michelangelo antonioni, leclisse is sequentially both a dissertation and composition about pleasure and romantic attachment. The criterion collection delivers an upgraded dualformat edition of michelangelo antonionis leclisse, presenting the film in its original aspect ratio of 1. Leclisse trama cast recensione scheda del film di michelangelo antonioni con monica vitti, alain delon, lilla brignone, francisco rabal, rossana rory, mirella. Aug 27, 2015 m ichelangelo antonionis mysterious and disquieting 1962 film leclisse the eclipse is rereleased in uk cinemas for the first time in 10 years. M ichelangelo antonionis mysterious and disquieting 1962 film leclisse the eclipse is rereleased in uk cinemas for the first time in 10 years.
The bluray features a new 1080p24hz highdefinition digital transfer on a duallayer disc. The bfi recently revisited some of the italian directors other films, including lavventura 1960 and red desert 1964. Vittoria drifts downtown and into a love affair with her mothers young stockbroker, pierre alain delon. Michelangelo antonionis leclisse a broken piece of. Michelangelo antonioni was born in 1912 into a middleclass family and grew up in bourgeois surroundings of the italian province. I was born in the mid1960s, only a couple of months after michelangelo antonioni had completed a cycle of four films which made waves in the international film scene. Leclisse appeared in the 1980s on vhs, but has until fairly recently been available only on unwatchable bootlegged versions. If you dont like film as art, you will be completely lost by the architectural cityscape ending montage, and the lack of traditional film closure. Fancy watching leclisse on your tv, phone, or tablet. But i had arrived after seeing antonionis eclipse that not all conventional moviemaking and ways to tell narrative, especially on film as they traditionally are, his. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the michelangelo antonioni directed movie via subscription can be a huge. Indeed, the interiors, buildings and street furniture are often selfconsciously brought to the foreground in leclisse to suggest that the environment in which the characters exist is at least as important in the meaning of the action as the characters and their.
Jun 09, 2014 this distinctive interrogative gaze of antonionis camera is paralleled by the gaze of vittis charactersclaudia in lavventura, vittoria in leclisse, giuliana in red desert. Leclisse di michelangelo antonioni 1962 frammenti di. In una mattina di luglio, linquieta vittoria lascia il compagno, architetto, che non ama piu. Michelangelo antonioni cavaliere di gran croce omri. Michelangelo antonioni furthers the ambitious efforts of his two preceding films with l eclisse, making it a fitting conclusion to his early60s trilogy. According to an antonioni obituary, the film systematically subverted the filmic codes, practices and structures in currency at its time.
Michelangelo antonionis leclisse is one of the most disturbing films about life and relationships in the mid20th century. The eye that changed cinema 2001, a fiftysixminute documentary exploring the directors life and career elements of landscape, a twentytwominute piece from 2005 about antonioni and leclisse, featuring italian film critic adriano apra and longtime antonioni friend carlo di carlo plus. The story surrounds the disappearance of annalea massari on an island off the coast of sicily. Michelangelo antonioni furthers the ambitious efforts of his two preceding films with leclisse, making it a fitting conclusion to his early60s trilogy.
Filmed on location in rome and verona, the story follows a young woman vitti who pursues an affair with a confident young stockbroker delon. Ed e filosofia, letteratura, capace di scuotere anima e mente con parole. Sep 06, 2014 this feature is not available right now. Antonionis leclisse feels poorly formed in the sense that im not exactly sure what antonioni was trying to convey with his modernist, threadbare film full of the usual antonioni themes alienation and malaise brought on by society and its seemly oppressive landscapes of ominous architecture. Il loro addio e freddo, indolore, quanto il loro rapporto era stato apatico. Leclisse opens with a nearly wordless sequence in which vittoria monica vitti, within the artstrewn walls of her lovers home, breaks off their affair. Leclisse film completo, streaming ita, vedere, guardare. Its beautifully shot in the localities of rome and verona, but what particularly sets l eclisse apart from the previous movies is the directness of its politics, such as the shallowness of materialism. Will ship items together, wrapped in bubble wrap to avoid any damage while in transit. With this in mind, the film s motifs seem familiar again antonioni employs a cold, unromantic view of life and love centered on a dubious heroine. L avventura1960 was directed by michelangelo antonioni. The eclipse is a 1962 italian drama film written and directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring alain delon and monica vitti.
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