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61 / BD 47 La notte
La notte
One of the masterworks of 1960s cinema, La notte [The Night] marked yet another development in the continuous stylistic evolution of its director, Michelangelo Antonioni — even as it solidified his reputation as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. La notte is Antonioni's "Twilight of the Gods", but composed in cinematic terms. Examined from a crane-shot, it's a sprawling study of Italy's upper middle-class; seen in close-up, it's an x-ray of modern man's psychic desolation.
Two of the giants of film-acting come together as a married couple living in crisis: Marcello Mastroianni (La dolce vita, 8-½) and Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim, Bay of Angels). He is a renowned author and "public intellectual"; she is "the wife". Over the course of one day and the night into which it inevitably bleeds, the pair will come to re-examine their emotional bonds, and grapple with the question of whether love and communication are even possible in a world built out of profligate idylls and sexual hysteria.
Photographed in rapturous black-and-white by the great Gianni di Venanzo (8-½, Giulietta degli spiriti), La notte presents the beauty of seduction, then asks: "When did this occur — this seduction of Beauty?" The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Michelangelo Antonioni's haunted odyssey for the first time ever on Blu-ray.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• New 1080p presentation of the film in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio with previously censored sequences restored for the first time
• New and improved English subtitles
• Original Italian theatrical trailer
• 56-page booklet with an essay by film-critic and scholar Brad Stevens, and the transcript of a lengthy Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni upon the film's release.
One of the masterworks of 1960s cinema, La notte [The Night] marked yet another development in the continuous stylistic evolution of its director, Michelangelo Antonioni — even as it solidified his reputation as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. La notte is Antonioni's "Twilight of the Gods", but composed in cinematic terms. Examined from a crane-shot, it's a sprawling study of Italy's upper middle-class; seen in close-up, it's an x-ray of modern man's psychic desolation.
Two of the giants of film-acting come together as a married couple living in crisis: Marcello Mastroianni (La dolce vita, 8-½) and Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim, Bay of Angels). He is a renowned author and "public intellectual"; she is "the wife". Over the course of one day and the night into which it inevitably bleeds, the pair will come to re-examine their emotional bonds, and grapple with the question of whether love and communication are even possible in a world built out of profligate idylls and sexual hysteria.
Photographed in rapturous black-and-white by the great Gianni di Venanzo (8-½, Giulietta degli spiriti), La notte presents the beauty of seduction, then asks: "When did this occur — this seduction of Beauty?" The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Michelangelo Antonioni's haunted odyssey for the first time ever on Blu-ray.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• New 1080p presentation of the film in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio with previously censored sequences restored for the first time
• New and improved English subtitles
• Original Italian theatrical trailer
• 56-page booklet with an essay by film-critic and scholar Brad Stevens, and the transcript of a lengthy Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni upon the film's release.
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That's really good news - my Fox Lorber R1 version is badly in need of replacement, and am waiting very long for the 'in the pipeline' CC version, so would definitely go for a MoC release!...Pete Hoskin wrote:Now this is good news: A full-page Masters of Cinema ad in the latest Sight and Sound confirms that Antonioni's La notte is "Coming Soon"
Any details Nick?
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I'm waiting for the Criterion release, but only so the three of them match on my shelf.T99 wrote:What are the extras? I have the Fox Lorber disc and will only upgrade it if there are some decent extras included.
Also, with the upcoming Scorsese Criterion disc, I assume the Criterion disc would have some sort of Scorsese/Antonioni feature. That may of course be on the MoC disc as well. Still, matching spines.
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LA NOTTE for St. Patrick's Day - excellent!... Allowing me to record Antonioni's only known Irish reference, apart that is from Richard Harris!
(talking of I VINTI and neo-realism in 1954)"... When Zavattini says 'let us say everything about man', of course I agree with him. It all depends on what you mean by man. Do you know the reply of the Irishman who was asked: 'Isn't one man as as good as another?', he responded, 'and even more so.' I feel I have something of the irony of the Irishman..."
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Specs according to MovieMail.
New restoration of the film in its original 1.75:1 aspect ratio with previously-censored sequences restored for the first time; New and improved English subtitles; Original Italian theatrical trailer; 40-page booklet with a new essay by film-critic and scholar Brad Stevens, and the transcript of a lengthy Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni upon the film's release.
New restoration of the film in its original 1.75:1 aspect ratio with previously-censored sequences restored for the first time; New and improved English subtitles; Original Italian theatrical trailer; 40-page booklet with a new essay by film-critic and scholar Brad Stevens, and the transcript of a lengthy Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni upon the film's release.
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The UK release version was 10,890 feet, which translates to 121 minutes exactly.ellipsis7 wrote:The Fox Lorber disc runs 115 mins, while the original release duration is recorded as 122 mins...
And if you apply PAL speedup to that, you get just over 116 minutes. Was the Fox Lorber disc from a PAL source?