Tonight!

At 6:45 & 9:20

Top 5 Top 5 Lists Related To, But Not Including, L'Avventura

Top 5 Italian Movies:

1. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
2. Voyage In Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954)
3. Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
4. L'Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
5. The Battle Of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)


Top 5 Winners Of The Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize:

1. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
2. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
3. L'Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
4. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
5. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1963)


Top 5 Movies Set On An Island:

1. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
2. I Am Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
3. Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas (FW Murnau, 1931)
4. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
5. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)


Top 5 Movies Distributed By Janus Films:

1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
2. Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
3. The Rules Of The Game (Jean Renior, 1939)
4. M. Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
5. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)


Top 5 Films Of 1960:

1. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. Shoot The Piano Player (François Truffaut)
3. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard)
4. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick)
5. Late Autumn (Yasujiro Ozu)

"People Are Always Misquoting Me" - Antonioni: Image & Philosophy

I don't believe in words.

Links: L'Avventura

Criterion has three essays related to L'Avventura including one by the director, the late Michelangelo Antonioni.

A critical essay on the Senses of Cinema.

Lastly, Roger Ebert weighs in on the film, the way only he can.

Buono fortuna.

Ryland Walker Knight: L'avventura: Mapping Monica.

Some of you loyal readers may remember Ryland Walker Knight from his Charade post two months back or his in-depth interview with Sean and me at the onset of the Adaptations series.  He has recently begun publishing a visual mash note to the star of L'Avventura, Monica Vitti, over at his monolith, Vinyl is Heavy.  I've been thoroughly digging these virtual lockets and proposed an extended image essay on Ms. Vitti, in particular her role in this week's Classic.  Happily Ry came through.  I hope you enjoy the following as much as I do. . .

-Mike(y)

by Ryland Walker Knight
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—Pressures verging, always portals

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—Playing with masks

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—Advertising

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—Tousled, tossed, two shot lost

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—Outsides in, in a push plight

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—Vanishing

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—Schoolhouse flop

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—Fallen folly

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—Fright at the sphere

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—Quit the corner

Coming Attractions: L'Avventura

Wednesday, September 16th at 6:45 & 9:20.

Giveaways: The Passenger DVD and a gift certificate for Rain City Video, respectively.

See you there!