Jul 26, 2012 red desert is a disturbing ambient drama about postnatal anxiety and the malaise of industrial society. Red desert is a film directed by michelangelo antonioni with monica vitti, richard harris, carlo chionetti, xenia valderi, year. Red desert was shot in the industrialized north of italy, where monica vitti, as the wife of an electronics engineer, suffers what would be called a nervous breakdown at any other time, in any other place. Her quicksilver emotional shifts disturb everyone around her, but they, like she, pretend that nothing is truly wrong. Il deserto rosso the red desert, directed by michelangelo antonioni, italy. A new man is being born, fraught with all the fears and terrors and stammerings that are associated with a period of gestation. Monica vitti stars as giuliana, a wife and mother living near a petrochemical plant in northern italy. A young mother, played by the stunning and enigmatic monica vitti, returns home from the hospital after a breakdown. Yet my reaction to red desert is something entirely different. Industrial blight has never looked more beautiful than in director michelangelo antonionis first color film. Michelangelo antonioni red desert came out in 1964, almost twenty years after the end of the war, by which time italy had recovered from the devastation caused by that catastrophic event and was on the way toward modern prosperity. In 1964, antonioni made his first color film, elegantly controlling his palate in red desert, and when blowup came two years later, he became notorious for color perfectionism in deciding the grass wasnt green enough.
Although the color cinematography marked a new direction in antonionis visual. Rent red desert 1964 starring monica vitti and richard harris on dvd and bluray. Michelangelo antonionis 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decadedefining artistic events, and red desert, his first color film, is perhaps his. This is a jarring leap forward for antonioni in that the implications of technological rationalism are made devastatingly explicit. The story follows a troubled woman vitti living in an industrial region of northern italy following a recent automobile. Red desert tells the story of giuliana, a young married woman suffering a mental and emotional crisis and embarking tentatively on an affair. Antonionis first colour film is a flawed classic in which his muse, monica vitti, is haunted by her environment, says philip french.
Red desert is a 1964 italian film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring monica vitti with richard harris. Red desert 1964 full watch free online on soapgate aka soap2day with english subtitles. In an industrial area, giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a coworker at the plant her husband manages. Red desert probably remains my favourite antonioni. Monica vitti, richard harris, carlo chionetti country.
Oct 08, 2018 sinopsis film movie red desert il deserto rosso 1964 amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of italy, wife and mother giuliana desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, ugo. The film s main character, giuliana, is played by monica vitti alongside coactor richard harris as corrado, a strong supporting role for giuliana. Harris said that red desert 1964 had to be completed without him, and a double was used for his character in some of the long shots. By boldly using color to inscribe on the modern landscape a kind of neurosis, antonioni created one of the most psychological and dramatic color films ever made. One could in the strictest clinical sense say the film is about neurosis, not be wrong, and still almost entirely miss the point. His role as king arthur in the film version of alan jay lerner and frederick loewes broadway hit camelot 1967 was one with which he was permanently associated and one that he often. Michelangelo antonionis red desert, from 1964, which i discuss in the clip above, is the first film that he made in color. This is a jarring leap forward for antonioni in that the implications of technological rationalism are.
Cast as giuliana, an unhappy wife, vitti suffers from an unnamed form of depression and malaise. Red desert is a 1964 italian film directed by michelangelo antonioni and cowritten by tonino guerra. Jun 23, 20 red desert is a 1964 italian film directed by michelangelo antonioni and cowritten by tonino guerra. Cast as giuliana, an unhappy wife, vitti suffers from an unnamed. Red desert 1964 michelangelo antonioni sp film journal. Antonionis first color film depicts a woman traumatized by an auto accident who finds herself permanently alienated in her urban milieu. Carlo di palma shot the film for director michelangelo antonioni. The film is about a neurotic woman monica vitti who has been in a car accident and is having trouble adjusting to the new industrial world that is the postwar italy.
The film beautifully photographs the industrial world with its architectural monoliths and poisonous pools of. Red desert is the story of a crisis involving the ordinary working middle. Jul 28, 2012 antonionis first colour film is a flawed classic in which his muse, monica vitti, is haunted by her environment, says philip french. With monica vitti, richard harris, carlo chionetti, xenia valderi. In his first color film, here is antonioni, the painter on screen, the abstract expressionist. With monica vitti, richard harris, carlo chionetti. Harris walked off michelangelo antonionis film, as it went further behind schedule to ensure that he did not miss major dundees start date of february 5, 1964. Gledaj besplatno online film red desert sa prevodom na klikfilm.
Red desert is about a deeply troubled, beautiful woman who seems to have it all including a stable, handsome husband, a precocious son, and fun, sexy friends. The story follows a troubled woman vitti living in an industrial region of northern italy following a recent automobile accident il deserto rosso was awarded the golden lion. Perhaps it is the transition to colour, neatly linked to the protagonists mental states, that makes this film about the suffocation of modernity work so well. Download red desert 1964 film to pc or mobile now bluray 1080p. Michelangelo antonionis 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decadedefining artistic events, and red desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. Red desert 1964 tt0058003 amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of italy, wife and mother giuliana desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, ugo.
Released 1964, red desert stars monica vitti, richard harris, carlo chionetti, xenia valderi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Michelangelo antonioni made this film prior to blow up, but you can see where he was headed. Monica vitti by michelangelo antonioni, 1964 blue black dream monica vitti on the set of red desert il deserto. Red desert michelangelo antonioni cinematography, film stills. Written by antonioni and tonino guerra, it was antonionis first color film. Il deserto rosso is a 1964 italian film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring monica vitti with richard harris. His approach to color is greatly responsible for the film s. Jan 12, 2011 michelangelo antonionis red desert, from 1964, which i discuss in the clip above, is the first film that he made in color.
This provocative look at the spiritual desolation of the technological ageabout a disaffected woman, brilliantly portrayed by antonioni muse monica vitti, wandering through a bleak industrial landscape beset by power. Red desert 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jul 31, 2007 in 1964, antonioni made his first color film, elegantly controlling his palate in red desert, and when blowup came two years later, he became notorious for color perfectionism in deciding the grass wasnt green enough. Sydney lumet wrote he couldnt figure out how to use color until he saw red desert and later hired di palma to shoot for him. Jun 21, 2010 a new man is being born, fraught with all the fears and terrors and stammerings that are associated with a period of gestation. Directed by michelangelo antonioni 1964 italy starring monica vitti, richard harris michelangelo antonionis 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decadedefining artistic events, and red desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. Red desert 1964 directed by michelangelo antonioni. Sinopsis film movie red desert il deserto rosso 1964 amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of italy, wife and mother giuliana desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from those around her, especially her successful yet neglectful husband, ugo.
Red desert is a disturbing ambient drama about postnatal anxiety and the malaise of industrial society. Susuz yaz dry summer, directed by ismail metin, turkey 1964 film. Red desert 1964 is antonionis first venture into color film. Il deserto rosso michelangelo antonioni 1964 youtube. Red desert il deserto rosso once more combines the considerable talents of director michelangelo antonioni and star monica vitti.
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