Michelangelo Antonioni's 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events, and Red Desert, his first color film, remains one of his greatest. This provocative look at the spiritual desolation of the technological age-about a disaffected woman, brilliantly portrayed by Antonioni muse Monica Vitti, wandering through a bleak industrial landscape beset by power plants and environmental toxins, and tentatively flirting with her husband's coworker, played by Richard Harris-continues to exert force over viewers. With one startling, painterly composition after another-of abandoned fishing cottages, electrical towers, overwhelming docked ships-Red Desert creates a nearly apocalyptic image of its time, and confirms Antonioni as cinema's preeminent poet of the modern age.

Supplements Audio commentary by Italian film scholar David Forgacs Archival video interviews with director Antonioni and actress Monica Vitti Outtakes from the film's production Original theatrical trailer

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