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L'Avventura - Criterion Collection

starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci
directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0037429156025
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2001
Running Time: 141 minutes
Sales Rank: 12744
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 1961



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Description:
A girl mysteriously disappears on a yachting trip. While her lover and her best friend search for her across Italy, they begin an affair. Antonioni's penetrating study of the idle upper class offers stinging observations on spiritual isolation and the many meanings of love. Criterion is proud to present this milestone of film grammar in a new Special Edition double-disc set.

Amazon.com essential video:
Considered by many to be his masterpiece, L’Avventura positioned Michelangelo Antonioni as an international talent. What appears to be a search for a missing person is actually an examination of alienation and self-discovery found along a voyage through the morally decadent world of the idle rich. Less concerned with a smooth plotline, Antonioni tells his story through the use of symbolic images and flawless character development. Using 'real time’ camera shots and rich, landscape imagery, Michelangelo Antonioni creates an unpredictable world where nothing is ever resolved. Ironically, what makes L’Avventura so unpredictable is the high level of realism portrayed by each character and their environments. This isn’t your packaged, formulaic film with a happy ending. A tough one to watch but well worth it...and it gets better and better with repeat viewings. L’Avventura is quintessential Antonioini. Not to be missed. --Rob Bracco



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Work of Art
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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Overrated
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - L'Avventura
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Simply beautiful!
From the scenes of the sea and island at the beginning of the film to the portrayal of Claudia throughout it, the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Its Greatness Precedes Its Reputation
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