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Rating: 9.5 stars

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Criterion Italian isolation desolation industrial environmental disaffection painterly

All movies seen on 12/06/2012

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Red Desert (1964)

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

Drama

Overview

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

Rated NR | Length 117 minutes

Actors

Monica Vitti | Richard Harris | Carlo Chionetti | Xenia Valderi | Rita Renoir | Lili Rheims | Aldo Grotti | Valerio Bartoleschi | Emanuela Pala Carboni | Giuliano Missirini | Bruno Borghi | Beppe Conti | Giulio Cotignoli | Giovanni Lolli | Hiram Mino Madonia | Arturo Parmiani | Carla Ravasi | Ivo Scherpiani | Bruno Scipioni

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A visually stunning, cinematic masterpiece. One of the most painterly films I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t help but wonder if the members of Cabaret Voltaire were influenced by this film.

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