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Antonioni's Red Desert


Is it true that this film was inspired by Red Desert?

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The look of the film? Yes. Alex Nepomniashy, the cinematographer, suggested Red Desert as a model, to convey the sense of a world hostile to human habitation.

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I recently saw Red Desert and watched Safe tonight and there is absolutely no similarity between these films.

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Of course there are. Both about unhappy wives suffering from alienating an illness in a toxic environment.

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Haynes mentions it's an influence in an interview offhandedly. Also another film, and Don Delillo's book White Noise.

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