list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around La Notte 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/La_Notte/63257/default.aspx Title: La Notte
Year: 1961
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Plot: La Notte is another of Michelangelo Antonioni's cinematic interrupted journeys. Just as no one solved the central mystery in Antonioni's L'Avventura, neither does anyone truly enjoy the literary party that is La Notte's centerpiece. The party is being thrown to celebrate the publication of author Marcello Mastrioanni's new novel. But before he even reaches the door of the house, Mastrioanni's evening is ruined when his wife Jeanne Moreau announces suddenly she is disgusted with him--this reaction evidently triggered by an earlier visit to a dying friend. Moreau skips out on the party to wander the streets of Rome, searching for...for what? Meanwhile, Mastrioanni tries to inaugurate an empty affair with Monica Vitti, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. The very elements that drive Mastrioanni and Moreau apart at the beginning of the film reunite them at the end. Maybe. L'Avventura and La Notte were the first two chapters in Antonioni's "barreness and alienation" trilogy; the third, L'Eclisse, was released two years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:02:59 GMTLa Notte1961Michelangelo AntonioniLa Notte is another of <a href="/players/P____79780/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michelangelo Antonioni</a>'s cinematic interrupted journeys. Just as no one solved the central mystery in Antonioni's <a href=/films/19317/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>L'Avventura</a>, neither does anyone truly enjoy the literary party that is La Notte's centerpiece. The party is being thrown to celebrate the publication of author Marcello Mastrioanni's new novel. But before he even reaches the door of the house, Mastrioanni's evening is ruined when his wife <a href="/players/P___103455/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeanne Moreau</a> announces suddenly she is disgusted with him--this reaction evidently triggered by an earlier visit to a dying friend. Moreau skips out on the party to wander the streets of Rome, searching for...for what? Meanwhile, Mastrioanni tries to inaugurate an empty affair with <a href="/players/P____73738/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Monica Vitti</a>, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. The very elements that drive Mastrioanni and Moreau apart at the beginning of the film reunite them at the end. Maybe. <a href=/films/19317/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>L'Avventura</a> and La Notte were the first two chapters in Antonioni's "barreness and alienation" trilogy; the third, <a href=/films/10143/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>L'Eclisse</a>, was released two years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide614http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t103352xi4g.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/La_Notte/63257/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/madhuri_agrawal/archive/2007/11/13/21647.aspx Post By: madhuri_agrawal
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Post Date: 11/13/2007 12:32:43 AM
Body: La Notte is the story of a night in a couple’s relationship - Giovanni & Lydia – It is a night both in the physical and metaphorical sense of the word. A culmination of what perhaps was a shining relationship, into the dusk of coldness and indifference – leading to the dark hour of perhaps eventual separation. Antonioni, in his typical style which says more through gestures than words, has taken the viewer though this painful sequence of distancing. It makes you wonder why two attractive people who have each other would seek the company and affections of others. In the beginning, this ‘other’-ly interest is subtle. Giovanni’s interest in a nymphomaniac, Lydia’s glances towards streetwalkers. That they are no longer ‘together’ is highlighted by Lydia’s otherworldliness in the presence of her husband. The estrangement is mutual – and it is because they both seemed to have married a concept rather than each other – Giovanni a rich attractive girl desired by many, Lydia a talented writer adored by lot. They try to love the concepts, and are therefore disappointed, annoyed and jealous in the real persons that lives behind those ideas.The movie has a terrific ending - if novelists don't know how to wind up their writing, I suppose they can pick up a cue from Antonioni. He knows how to do it in perfection.Antonioni has done a remarkable work with this movie. It seems very real and un-dramatic. (Except for the scene with the nymphomaniac, which seemed a little out of place). The only trouble with Antonioni is that he can be (and IS) excruciatingly slow.
]]>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:32:43 GMTmadhuri_agrawalmadhuri_agrawal Blog11/13/2007 12:32:43 AMLa Notte is the story of a night in a couple&rsquo;s relationship - Giovanni &amp; Lydia &ndash; It is a night both in the physical and metaphorical sense of the word. A culmination of what perhaps was a shining relationship, into the dusk of coldness and indifference &ndash; leading to the dark hour of perhaps eventual separation. Antonioni, in his typical style which says more through gestures than words, has taken the viewer though this painful sequence of distancing. It makes you wonder why two attractive people who have each other would seek the company and affections of others. In the beginning, this &lsquo;other&rsquo;-ly interest is subtle. Giovanni&rsquo;s interest in a nymphomaniac, Lydia&rsquo;s glances towards streetwalkers. That they are no longer &lsquo;together&rsquo; is highlighted by Lydia&rsquo;s otherworldliness in the presence of her husband. The estrangement is mutual &ndash; and it is because they both seemed to have married a concept rather than each other &ndash; Giovanni a rich attractive girl desired by many, Lydia a talented writer adored by lot. They try to love the concepts, and are therefore disappointed, annoyed and jealous in the real persons that lives behind those ideas.The movie has a terrific ending - if novelists don&#39;t know how to wind up their writing, I suppose they can pick up a cue from Antonioni. He knows how to do it in perfection.Antonioni has done a remarkable work with this movie. It seems very real and un-dramatic. (Except for the scene with the nymphomaniac, which seemed a little out of place). The only trouble with Antonioni is that he can be (and IS) excruciatingly slow. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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