Tag Archives: Antonioni

MIMETIC ART & THE SWEET BLACK ANGELS

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Dave

”Paris est si petit pour les gens gens comme nous qui s’aiment d’un aussi grand amour” ( Children of Paradise ) Children of Paradise was conceived as a film spectaculaire in the fullest sense of the term. It is a … Continue reading →

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A COSMOS DEVOID OF ABSOLUTES

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Dave

”Antonioni’s breakthrough masterpiece, L’Avventura, paints an austere picture of late modernity. If Stanley Cavell is correct to say that the cinematic apparatus delineates a world that transcends beyond the framed canvas of the traditional painted image (that is, we wonder what … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Anton Chekhov, Antonioni, Gabriele Ferzetti, Gilles Deleuze, Italian Film, L'Avventura, Lea Massari, Michelangelo Antonioni, Monia Vitti, Stanley Cavell | Leave a comment

DOOMED TO MALAISE & ALIENATION

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Dave

”After the release of L’Avventura, the bold aesthetic risks Antonioni took with the film received so much criticism the filmmakers were booed at the initial Cannes Film Festival premiere (where, after much controversy, the film also subsequently won the critics’ … Continue reading →

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IDEALS THAT LACK COMFORTING POETRY

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dave

It was loudly booed. The year was 1960, the place was Cannes and the film was L’Avventura. Two years later it was voted one of the ten best films of al time in an international poll conducted by a British … Continue reading →