Tag Archives: Michaelangelo Antonioni

little house on the prairie: zabriskie point

Getting away from it all and building a dream home in the middle of everywhere and nowhere. It’s a bit like a Paul Theroux’s Mosquito Coast except this is landlocked, dry and hot.What about following E.B. White’s command to be … Continue reading

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KISS OF INDULGENCE

”Italy and expatriates go together like peanut butter and jelly. So it’s not surprising that Rome has attracted more than its fair share of writers–English, German, American, and otherwise–who have found both artistic inspiration and a temporary home in the … Continue reading

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IDEALS THAT LACK COMFORTING POETRY

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

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