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sublime ennui and angst

posted 19 years ago by pathepix
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after finishing this remarkable picture, i couldn't help appreciating the degree to which a similar L'Aventurra "mystery" device would have detracted from the fully satisfying "drive" of the leads to wake up and smell Life's Vin Santo!

i was riveted with the cinematography's light and long-take "space" that recalled the silence between notes of Miles Davis. at once, i found myself wanting to shake the leads into a double espresso awakening while also savoring the journey they explore toward ultimately appreciating each other's love and humanity.

[–] E_D_N 19 years ago

sublime ennui and angst

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST WAY TO SUM IT UP, pathepix! These were the very words on my mind as I watched this marvelous symphony in black and white.

I've always appreciated GIANNI DE VENANZO's cinematography, but here, it's superlative -- just superb.

As usual for ANTONIONI, the protagonists are at a remove from others and each other, alienated in the great city, unable to connect their inner self.

A masterpiece.

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[–] raspberryjamlove 19 years ago

the entire film got to me but especially the endings embrace, I was just .... *SIGH*. The films had spectacular photography, just the way DI VENANZO captured the emotion and the women, everything from their faces to their movement. I just love this film.

[–] LeofricsBeloved 17 years ago

Well-said!

Jeanne Moreau embodied, in your words, "sublime ennui and angst." Just brilliant. So few actors actually have that kind of depth and can pull it off.

[–] BlondeIsBetter 13 years ago

This is a beautiful thread, absolutely the words I would have written! Jeanne Moreau is such a beautiful, elegant actress, with such depth. All of the actors and acresses were just superb. Marcello, Monica, just a perfect cool sixties film. They don't make films like this anymore...

[–] Rainer90 10 years ago

Moreau's performance was so moving in this film. You could just feel how alienated she felt throughout the whole film. She was a lost soul searching for something that she could never find.

[–] Bree_33 10 years ago

"Antonioniennui."

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