Antonioni’s Environments
November 21, 2011
Film Info
- Italy
- 1962
- 126 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.85:1
- Italian
- Spine #278
The conclusion of Michelangelo Antonioni’s informal trilogy on modern malaise, L’eclisse (The Eclipse) tells the story of a young woman (Monica Vitti) who leaves one lover (Francisco Rabal) only to drift into a relationship with another (Alain Delon). Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop for the couple’s doomed affair, Antonioni reaches the apotheosis of his modernist style, returning to his favorite themes: alienation and the difficulty of finding connections in an increasingly mechanized world.
Cast
| Vittoria | Monica Vitti |
| Piero | Alain Delon |
| Riccardo | Francisco Rabal |
| Vittoria’s mother | Lilla Brignone |
| Stockbroker | Louis Seigner |
| Anita | Rossana Rory |
| Marta | Mirella Ricciardi |
Credits
| Director | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Screenplay | Michelangelo Antonioni and Tonino Guerra |
| with the collaboration of | Elio Bartolini and Ottiero Ottieri |
| Producer | Raymond Hakim and Robert Hakim |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Editing | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Sets | Piero Poletto |
| Music | Giovanni Fusco |
| Sound | Mario Bramonti and Claudio Maielli |
| Assistant directors | Gianni Arduini and Franco Indovina |
| Production design | Danilo Marciani |
Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by Richard Peña, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in New York
- Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema, a 56-minute documentary exploring the director’s life and career
- Elements of Landscape, a new, 22-minute video piece about Antonioni and L’eclisse, featuring Italian film critic Adriano Aprà and longtime Antonioni friend Carlo di Carlo
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Plus: a 32-page booklet featuring new essays by film critics Jonathan Rosenbaum and Gilberto Perez, along with reprinted excerpts from Antonioni’s own writings about his work
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