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Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
The second feature film by cinema master Michelangelo Antonioni, La signora senza camelie [The Lady Without Camelias], expanded the expressive palette of contemporary Italian movies, demonstrating that a personal vision could take an explicitly poetic tack; that "seriousness = neo-realism" was perhaps already turning into something of a truism; and that Antonioni would answer to no-one but himself.
It's the story of a shopclerk named Clara (played by the captivating Lucia Bosé, also of Antonioni's brilliant debut feature, Cronaca di un amore) who finds a chance casting in a small movie role develop into a full-blown career as screen-siren. Tension erupts when her husband can no longer tolerate watching her frivolous cinema escapades, and pushes her into a "serious, artistic" production of the life of Joan of Arc... whereupon she is castigated by the critical establishment.
A riveting 'behind-the-scenes' show-business drama, La signora senza camelie explores themes that would haunt its director from L'avventura through La notte and The Passenger -- the tenuous hold of an individual on her identity, and the dangers inherent to performance, in life and on-screen.
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Format:
Blu-ray
DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
2 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Italian DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0
Italian Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Booklet
- A new and exclusive video introduction to the film with critic and teacher Gabe Klinger
- A new and exclusive video featuring Gabe Klinger discussing Antonioni in the context of the Italian production system of the 1950s
- A lengthy booklet containing newly translated critical pieces about the film, excerpts of interviews with Michelangelo Antonioni, and a lengthy debate between Antonioni and critic Luigi Chiarini on the subject of the film
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