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Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events, and Red Desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. 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 keep viewers spellbound. With one startling, painterly composition after another—of abandoned fishing cottages, electrical towers, looming docked ships—Red Desert creates a nearly apocalyptic image of its time, and confirms Antonioni as cinema’s preeminent poet of the modern age.
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Format: DVD
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1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
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Italian 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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English
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1
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1 Disc |
DVD-9
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Supplements
- Audio commentary by Italian film scholar David Forgacs
- Archival interviews with director Michelangelo Antonioni and actress Monica Vitti
- Two short documentaries by Antonioni: Gente del Po, about a barge trip down the Po River, and N.U. about urban street cleaners
- Dailies from the original production
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by film writer Mark Le Fanu, a reprinted interview with Michelangelo Antonioni conducted by Jean-Luc Godard, and writings by Antonioni on Gente del Po and N.U.
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Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
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