Michelangelo Antonioni
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Story of a love affair (1950) is the legendary Michelangelo Antonioni's debut feature, a powerful statement on the delusions and violence sparked by a passionate love. This deeply tragic romance already exhibits the astonishing formal control and penetrating insights into the human condition that would later make him famous in films like Il Grido, L'Avventura and Blow-up.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Challenging the linear narrative by weaving multiple story lines and exploring a directorial style way ahead of his time, director Michelangelo Antonioni's unique triptych film, features three murders, one taking place in Paris, another in Rome, and another in London. All of the perpetrators are affluent youths, each killing for dubious motives. In the France segment, a group of adolescents kill for money, even though they don't need it; in the London...
5) Blow-up
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A photographer who is talented but aimless has photographed violence and pain without feeling any involvement. When he takes pictures of a couple in a park, he finds that he may have discovered a mystery, one that insists on involving him.
7) L'eclisse
Series
Criterion collection volume 278
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
A young woman, after breaking off an affair with an older man, finds herself in Rome and alone. She becomes friends with a young stockbroker, but after he has an accident, she once again finds herself alone.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An epic portrait of late sixties America as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot.
Series
Criterion collection volume 522
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
In a bleak industrial Italian town, an unhappy housewife searches desperately for an escape in an affair with her husband's co-worker.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
Weaves four stories of love and lust, inspired by Antonioni's book about enigmatic, unrequited or unresolved relationships. Set in several beautiful European locales such as Portofino and Paris, using striking compositions, sensuous shots of lovely nudes and a moving musical score to create a radiant meditation on love and desire. Features music from Van Morrison, U2 and Brian Eno.
11) L'Avventura
Series
Criterion collection volume 98
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Story about the search for a girl lost on an island; gradually the searchers become preoccupied with their own problems, and the girl is never found.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Intended as the first issue of a six-monthly film journal, this anthology comprises six documentary or pseudo-documentary films grouped around the themes of love and sex, using mostly non-professional actors, directed by young, yet-to-be-acclaimed directors acting under the guidance of Cesare Zavattini, theorist of neo-realism.
13) Le amiche
Series
Criterion collection volume 817
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Italiano
Description
A young woman returns to her home town of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
Publisher
Ryko Distribution
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Groundlessly jealous of his wife's romantic past, Enrico Fontana hires a private detective to finally determine whether she is fathful or not. Ironically, his suspicious attitude unconsciously brings his wife, Paola, together with Guido, a man with whom she had once been in love. Paola and Guido's past was clouded in tragedy. Giudo had been involved with Paola's close friend's death. Their passion rekindled once again, the lovers even get to the point...
16) Le amiche
Series
Criterion collection volume 817
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
A young woman returns to her home town of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
17) Blow-up
Series
Criterion collection volume 865
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder. Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Michaelangelo Antonioni, and Best Screenplay.
Publisher
RaroVideo
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode a university student is involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.
19) L'avventura
Series
Criterion collection volume 98
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Italiano
Description
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.
Series
Criterion collection volume 585
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
After movie director Niccolo's wife leaves him, he decides to make a movie about women and sets out to find a leading lady.