list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around L'Avventura on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/L_Avventura/19317/default.aspx Title: L'Avventura
Year: 1960
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Plot: This ground-breaking film won a Special Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and established its director, Michelangelo Antonioni, as a major international talent. The plot concerns a yachting trip by a small group of jaded socialites, including Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti), an aging architect who sold out for easy money long ago, his mistress Anna (Lea Massari), and her friend Claudia (Monica Vitti), who doesn't fit in with the wealthy jet-setters' dissolute ethics. When Anna disappears during a tour of a volcanic island, Claudia initially blames Sandro's emotionally barren behavior toward her. As they search the island, however, Claudia and Sandro grow closer and -- when it is apparent that Anna is gone forever -- become lovers. Unfortunately, Sandro cannot find anything decent inside himself and betrays Claudia with a local prostitute. Caught in the act, Sandro has a heartrending breakdown on a desolate beach, but Claudia silently forgives him. L'avventura caught many audiences who were expecting a mystery by surprise; as in La notte (1961), The Eclipse (1962), and Red Desert (1964), Antonioni is interested less in developing a logical story than in exploring states of feeling and breakdowns in human connection. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:59:17 GMTL'Avventura1960Michelangelo AntonioniThis ground-breaking film won a Special Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and established its director, <a href="/players/P____79780/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michelangelo Antonioni</a>, as a major international talent. The plot concerns a yachting trip by a small group of jaded socialites, including Sandro (<a href="/players/P____23282/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gabriele Ferzetti</a>), an aging architect who sold out for easy money long ago, his mistress Anna (<a href="/players/P____46277/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lea Massari</a>), and her friend Claudia (<a href="/players/P____73738/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Monica Vitti</a>), who doesn't fit in with the wealthy jet-setters' dissolute ethics. When Anna disappears during a tour of a volcanic island, Claudia initially blames Sandro's emotionally barren behavior toward her. As they search the island, however, Claudia and Sandro grow closer and -- when it is apparent that Anna is gone forever -- become lovers. Unfortunately, Sandro cannot find anything decent inside himself and betrays Claudia with a local prostitute. Caught in the act, Sandro has a heartrending breakdown on a desolate beach, but Claudia silently forgives him. L'avventura caught many audiences who were expecting a mystery by surprise; as in <a href=/films/63257/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>La notte</a> (1961), The Eclipse (1962), and <a href=/films/28433/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Red Desert</a> (1964), Antonioni is interested less in developing a logical story than in exploring states of feeling and breakdowns in human connection. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide4Slightly Tagged (1-5)21314http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t11616x5mse.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/L_Avventura/19317/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2009/3/9/40902.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 3/9/2009 1:01:19 PM
Body: The Discovery, Narrative and Documentary competition lineups for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced, and as indieWIRE reports, it’s going to be a much smaller festival this year. This would seem like good news: last year, Tribeca was streamlined down to 100-something features, and as I noted in my festival recap, the quality of the programming hardly suffered. Here are some of the films that, on first scan of the lineup, I’m excited to see: About Elly — This Iranian drama won the Silver Bear at last month’s Berlinale, and amongst its more controversial competition, Elly was a critical favorite. Likening it to an Iranian L’Avventura, Kevin Lee noted at The Auteurs Notebook that “the film suggests a post-Kiarostami Iranian cinema capable of achieving much within a mainstream idiom.” The Exploding Girl — Another Berlin premiere, this narrative directed by Bradley Rust Gray (husband of Treeless Mountain creator So Yong Kim) stars Zoe Kazan as a “Cherubic college student” whose “relationship with her boyfriend slowly disintegrates via cell phone.” Outrage — the latest doc from Oscar nominee Kirby Dick is said to offer “a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.” Con Artist — I’d ordinarily be wary of anything described as a “punk-fueled docu-comedy,” but Tribeca has an excellent track record when it comes to art docs, so I’ll give this nonfiction portrait of Mark Kostabi a shot. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench — I’ve heard a few good words on the street about Damien Chazelle’s debut feature, described as a “black-and-white, verite-style relationship drama with all that jazzy romance of an old-Hollywood musical.” P-Star Rising – Director Gabriel Noble spent four years following hip hop producer/ex-con Jesse Diaz and his young daughter Priscilla, an aspiring rapper who also goes by the name P-Star. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:01:19 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog3/9/2009 1:01:19 PMThe Discovery, Narrative and Documentary competition lineups for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced, and as indieWIRE reports, it’s going to be a much smaller festival this year. This would seem like good news: last year, Tribeca was streamlined down to 100-something features, and as I noted in my festival recap, the quality of the programming hardly suffered. Here are some of the films that, on first scan of the lineup, I’m excited to see: About Elly — This Iranian drama won the Silver Bear at last month’s Berlinale, and amongst its more controversial competition, Elly was a critical favorite. Likening it to an Iranian L’Avventura, Kevin Lee noted at The Auteurs Notebook that “the film suggests a post-Kiarostami Iranian cinema capable of achieving much within a mainstream idiom.” The Exploding Girl — Another Berlin premiere, this narrative directed by Bradley Rust Gray (husband of Treeless Mountain creator So Yong Kim) stars Zoe Kazan as a “Cherubic college student” whose “relationship with her boyfriend slowly disintegrates via cell phone.” Outrage — the latest doc from Oscar nominee Kirby Dick is said to offer “a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.” Con Artist — I’d ordinarily be wary of anything described as a “punk-fueled docu-comedy,” but Tribeca has an excellent track record when it comes to art docs, so I’ll give this nonfiction portrait of Mark Kostabi a shot. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench — I’ve heard a few good words on the street about Damien Chazelle’s debut feature, described as a “black-and-white, verite-style relationship drama with all that jazzy romance of an old-Hollywood musical.” P-Star Rising – Director Gabriel Noble spent four years following hip hop producer/ex-con Jesse Diaz and his young daughter Priscilla, an aspiring rapper who also goes by the name P-Star. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/3/9/40900.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 3/9/2009 1:01:06 PM
Body: The Discovery, Narrative and Documentary competition lineups for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced, and as indieWIRE reports, it’s going to be a much smaller festival this year. This would seem like good news: last year, Tribeca was streamlined down to 100-something features, and as I noted in my festival recap, the quality of the programming hardly suffered. Here are some of the films that, on first scan of the lineup, I’m excited to see: About Elly — This Iranian drama won the Silver Bear at last month’s Berlinale, and amongst its more controversial competition, Elly was a critical favorite. Likening it to an Iranian L’Avventura, Kevin Lee noted at The Auteurs Notebook that “the film suggests a post-Kiarostami Iranian cinema capable of achieving much within a mainstream idiom.” The Exploding Girl — Another Berlin premiere, this narrative directed by Bradley Rust Gray (husband of Treeless Mountain creator So Yong Kim) stars Zoe Kazan as a “Cherubic college student” whose “relationship with her boyfriend slowly disintegrates via cell phone.” Outrage — the latest doc from Oscar nominee Kirby Dick is said to offer “a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.” Con Artist — I’d ordinarily be wary of anything described as a “punk-fueled docu-comedy,” but Tribeca has an excellent track record when it comes to art docs, so I’ll give this nonfiction portrait of Mark Kostabi a shot. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench — I’ve heard a few good words on the street about Damien Chazelle’s debut feature, described as a “black-and-white, verite-style relationship drama with all that jazzy romance of an old-Hollywood musical.” P-Star Rising – Director Gabriel Noble spent four years following hip hop producer/ex-con Jesse Diaz and his young daughter Priscilla, an aspiring rapper who also goes by the name P-Star. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:01:06 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/9/2009 1:01:06 PMThe Discovery, Narrative and Documentary competition lineups for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced, and as indieWIRE reports, it’s going to be a much smaller festival this year. This would seem like good news: last year, Tribeca was streamlined down to 100-something features, and as I noted in my festival recap, the quality of the programming hardly suffered. Here are some of the films that, on first scan of the lineup, I’m excited to see: About Elly — This Iranian drama won the Silver Bear at last month’s Berlinale, and amongst its more controversial competition, Elly was a critical favorite. Likening it to an Iranian L’Avventura, Kevin Lee noted at The Auteurs Notebook that “the film suggests a post-Kiarostami Iranian cinema capable of achieving much within a mainstream idiom.” The Exploding Girl — Another Berlin premiere, this narrative directed by Bradley Rust Gray (husband of Treeless Mountain creator So Yong Kim) stars Zoe Kazan as a “Cherubic college student” whose “relationship with her boyfriend slowly disintegrates via cell phone.” Outrage — the latest doc from Oscar nominee Kirby Dick is said to offer “a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.” Con Artist — I’d ordinarily be wary of anything described as a “punk-fueled docu-comedy,” but Tribeca has an excellent track record when it comes to art docs, so I’ll give this nonfiction portrait of Mark Kostabi a shot. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench — I’ve heard a few good words on the street about Damien Chazelle’s debut feature, described as a “black-and-white, verite-style relationship drama with all that jazzy romance of an old-Hollywood musical.” P-Star Rising – Director Gabriel Noble spent four years following hip hop producer/ex-con Jesse Diaz and his young daughter Priscilla, an aspiring rapper who also goes by the name P-Star. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/windbreaker/archive/2008/4/6/27013.aspx Post By: Windbreaker
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Post Date: 4/6/2008 5:02:14 PM
Body: I want to say I love L'avventura... it's unique and considering it arrived in 1960, way ahead of its time in terms of the method of plot delivery. This film basically has a surprise beginning, as opposed to a surprise ending. My beef is that it was a smidge too long (2:20).At the beginning, Anna is the centerpiece. She and some friends are on a remote island when she disappears without a trace. Boyfriend Sandro and pal Claudia pursue the few leads that surface without success. Then at some point (I'm not exactly sure when), they don't really care about finding Anna anymore. And neither does the viewer. It becomes clear that the film's focus is Claudia, not Anna -- and not Claudia's physical adventure tracking Anna, but her emotional adventure with and without Sandro. Sandro is a tool. Claudia should realize it, but doesn't until the end. The disc looks great. It's Criterion, and you know those guys can restore an old film like nobody's business. Rent it.
]]>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:02:14 GMTWindbreakerWindbreaker!4/6/2008 5:02:14 PMI want to say I love L&#39;avventura... it&#39;s unique and considering it arrived in 1960, way ahead of its time in terms of the method of plot delivery. This film basically has a surprise beginning, as opposed to a surprise ending. My beef is that it was a smidge too long (2:20).At the beginning, Anna is the centerpiece. She and some friends are on a remote island when she disappears without a trace. Boyfriend Sandro and pal Claudia pursue the few leads that surface without success. Then at some point (I&#39;m not exactly sure when), they don&#39;t really care about finding Anna anymore. And neither does the viewer. It becomes clear that the film&#39;s focus is Claudia, not Anna -- and not Claudia&#39;s physical adventure tracking Anna, but her emotional adventure with and without Sandro. Sandro is a tool. Claudia should realize it, but doesn&#39;t until the end. The disc looks great. It&#39;s Criterion, and you know those guys can restore an old film like nobody&#39;s business. Rent it. http://www.spout.com/groups/Graphic_Desire/Re_Color_in_film/133/6961/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 4/12/2007 12:25:27 PM
Body: The only Antonioni film I've seen is L'Avventura, which is great. But since it's in B&W, I can't say too much for the man's use of color.
]]>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:25:27 GMTRisseladaGraphic Desire4/12/2007 12:25:27 PMThe only Antonioni film I&#39;ve seen is L&#39;Avventura, which is great. But since it&#39;s in B&amp;W, I can&#39;t say too much for the man&#39;s use of color. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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