Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 film Red Desert is a bleak exploration of mental illness, alienation and environmental decay. The film is abstract, challenging and is arguably one of the most beautifully composed and photographed cinematic works of the past 5 decades. Honestly.
The film's tone is established immediately. The title sequence unfolds with panning out-of-focus shots of an industrial shipyard. The sequence abruptly cuts to an image of a refinery pipe shooting giant orange flames into the ash grey sky. In the next shot, the camera pulls back to reveal that the sky is gray due to smoke billowing from a nuclear cooling tower. The central characters are then introduced. Giuliana Salviatii (Monica Vitti) and her son Valerio arrive at the factory where her husband Ugo (Carlo Chionetti) is the manager. Ms. Salviatti was recently in a car accident, which has left her mentally unstable. Upon finding her husband, she meets Corrado...
The film's tone is established immediately. The title sequence unfolds with panning out-of-focus shots of an industrial shipyard. The sequence abruptly cuts to an image of a refinery pipe shooting giant orange flames into the ash grey sky. In the next shot, the camera pulls back to reveal that the sky is gray due to smoke billowing from a nuclear cooling tower. The central characters are then introduced. Giuliana Salviatii (Monica Vitti) and her son Valerio arrive at the factory where her husband Ugo (Carlo Chionetti) is the manager. Ms. Salviatti was recently in a car accident, which has left her mentally unstable. Upon finding her husband, she meets Corrado...
- 6/20/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 film Red Desert is a bleak exploration of mental illness, alienation and environmental decay. The film is abstract, challenging and is arguably one of the most beautifully composed and photographed cinematic works of the past 5 decades. Honestly.
The film's tone is established immediately. The title sequence unfolds with panning out-of-focus shots of an industrial shipyard. The sequence abruptly cuts to an image of a refinery pipe shooting giant orange flames into the ash grey sky. In the next shot, the camera pulls back to reveal that the sky is gray due to smoke billowing from a nuclear cooling tower. The central characters are then introduced. Giuliana Salviatii (Monica Vitti) and her son Valerio arrive at the factory where her husband Ugo (Carlo Chionetti) is the manager. Ms. Salviatti was recently in a car accident, which has left her mentally unstable. Upon finding her husband, she meets Corrado...
The film's tone is established immediately. The title sequence unfolds with panning out-of-focus shots of an industrial shipyard. The sequence abruptly cuts to an image of a refinery pipe shooting giant orange flames into the ash grey sky. In the next shot, the camera pulls back to reveal that the sky is gray due to smoke billowing from a nuclear cooling tower. The central characters are then introduced. Giuliana Salviatii (Monica Vitti) and her son Valerio arrive at the factory where her husband Ugo (Carlo Chionetti) is the manager. Ms. Salviatti was recently in a car accident, which has left her mentally unstable. Upon finding her husband, she meets Corrado...
- 6/19/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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