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L Eclisse
Film Description Antonioni's first international hit was L' Avventura, which began his collaboration with his favourite actress, Monica Vitti. Continued by La Notte and completed by L'Eclisse, the trilogy traced Antonioni's favourite theme of the problem of communication in contemporary society. Technically superb with strong performances, this is one of Antonioni's most accessible works. Winner of the Cannes Special Jury Prize.
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DVD Extras Interview with Jose Mour�, author on the films of Antonioni.
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Review by Shane Hyde on 20th July 2000 Vittoria (Monica Vitti) abandons a difficult relationship yet the emotional wounds of separation leave her with feelings that she doesn't fully understand and is incapable of communicating. Aimlessly she wanders throught the cold modernist architecture of Rome and has a brief affair with an insensitive stock broker (Alain Delon). Like 'Le Notte' and 'Il Deserto Rosso', 'L'Eclisse' was made at a time of great uncertainty in Antonioni's life, a point where he doubted all forms of communication, subsequently the films investigation of love veers into abstraction and pictorialism and away from character. 'L'Eclisse' is not one of his best, it feels lost and rambling and has a suicidal tone that can be wearing, but it does contain some extraordinary sequences - the African dance, Delon and Vitti in the park, and the final where the enduring progression of the city washes over the human story. It's half masterpiece, half depressing but essential viewing none-the -less.
Article - "Tragic Muses - Monica Vitti and Anna Karina"
by Alan Boshier
In the golden era of European art cinema, two actresses came to embody the work of the directors that they were associated with on both a personal and professional level to an extent that it is hard to separate one from the other. They are Monica Vitti and Anna Karin... View article in full
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Films Jeremy Paxman Won't Like by Alan Boshier The recent deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni were marked in fulsomely philistine fashion by BBC's Newsnight programme; in particular Mr. Paxman excelled in his very realistic portrayal of an arch art cinema hater. So, as a service to the esteemed Mr. Paxman, here is a list of films he should steer well clear of; accidental exposure would risk extreme apoplexy and other symptoms of cultural and artistic myopia.
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