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L'avventura / un film di Michelangelo Antonioni ; soggetto, Michelangelo Antonioni ; sceneggiatura, Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, Tonino Guerra ; una coproduzione italo-francese Cino Del Duca, Produzioni Cinematografiche Europee, Société Cinematographique Lyre ; realizzata da Amato Pennasilico ; regia di Michelanglo Antonioni.

Antonioni, Michelangelo, (film director,, screenwriter.). Bartolini, Elio, 1922-2006 (screenwriter.). Guerra, Tonino, (screenwriter.). Pennasilico, Amato, (film producer.). Ferzetti, Gabriele, 1925-2015 (actor.). Vitti, Monica, (actor.). Massari, Léa, 1933- (actor.). Blanchar, Dominique, (actor.). Ricci, Renzo, 1898-1978 (actor.). Luttazzi, Lelio, (actor.). Petrucci, Giovanni, 1941- (actor.). Ruspoli, Esmeralda, 1928-1992 (actor.). Scavarda, Aldo, 1923- (director of photography.). Poletto, Piero, (production designer.). Berselli, Adriana, (costume designer.). Fusco, Giovanni, 1906-1968 (composer (expression)). Da Roma, Eraldo, (editor of moving image work.). Youngblood, Gene, 1942- (commentator.). Nicholson, Jack, (voice actor.). Assayas, Olivier, (presenter.). Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Janus Films, (production company.). Cino del Duca (Firm), (production company.). Produzioni Cinematografiche Europee, (production company.). Société cinématographique lyre, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams, Dorothy de Poliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Enrico Bologna, Franco Cimino, Giovanni Danesi, Rita Molè, Renato Pinciroli, Angela Tommasi di Lampedusa, Vincenzo Tranchina. (Cast).

Summary:

Concerns the enigmatic disappearance of a young woman during a yachting trip off the coast of Sicily, and the search taken up by her disaffected lover and best friend. Antonioni's controversial international sensation is a gorgeously shot tale of modern ennui and spiritual isolation. Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960s cinema and a gripping narrative in its own right.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604658941
ISBN: 1604658940
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Two-DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. Special features: Audio commentary featuring film historian Gene Youngblood; Antonioni: documents and testimonials (a 58 minute 1966 documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi); Jack Nicholson reads essays by Antonioni ("L'avventura: a moral adventure"; "Reflections on the film actor"; Working with Antonioni); Olivier Assayas on L'avventura (analysis in three parts); Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey Nowell-Smith.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; production designer, Piero Poletto ; costume design, Adriana Berselli ; music by Giovanni Fusco ; editor, Eraldo da Roma.
Participant or Performer Note:	Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams, Dorothy de Poliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Enrico Bologna, Franco Cimino, Giovanni Danesi, Rita Molè, Renato Pinciroli, Angela Tommasi di Lampedusa, Vincenzo Tranchina.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, monaural.
Language Note:	Italian dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Awards Note:	Cannes International Film Festival, 1960: Special Jury Award