tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620252903929641270.post5719620084418795858..comments2024-03-28T00:21:58.242-07:00Comments on ithankyou: Looking for someone... L’Avventura (1960)Ithankyouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02086320524288957830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620252903929641270.post-48047014971656169852012-04-24T01:47:25.292-07:002012-04-24T01:47:25.292-07:00Thanks Matthew! My secret is a long commute - neve...Thanks Matthew! My secret is a long commute - never happier than sitting with a large coffee and the laptop on one of our excellent trains as it bides its time during signal failure...<br /><br />I don't think The Passenger is up there with L'Eclisse, La Notte or L'Avventura but it has its moments, especially that extraordinary single take at the end. I also struggle with Zabriskie Ithankyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086320524288957830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620252903929641270.post-59884243199121029752012-04-24T00:35:14.201-07:002012-04-24T00:35:14.201-07:00I had to wait till the very last line to find some...I had to wait till the very last line to find something I disagreed with: I don't like The Passenger at all, or anything post-Blow Up, really.<br />Another excellent piece; I especially liked the bits about how Antonioni juxtaposes his human figures with the environment, as if resisting the dramatist's urge to prioritise them, an idea perfected at the end of L'Eclisse, where the Matthew Coniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302989527514886503noreply@blogger.com