longstreth
21May12
Change of heart; now I think l'Avventura is better than About Elly.
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Poughkeepsie
27May12
The layers of L'Avventura are numerous. Alienation and uncertainty. A glimpse into the Italian upper crust lifestyle. Love and passion in different forms. Absence as presence. Antonioni's imagery looks to penetrate the cinematic barrier, reaching for the the heart, the mind, and the soul. It's not just a film you think about. It is a film you feel. L'Avventura is just that, an adventure.
cinecism
15May12
Pushing the envelope further than it has ever been extended, Antonioni innovates film through an implausibly challenging narrative praxis that demands attention to detail not only on a visual level, but also on a psychological one.
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longstreth
12May12
L'Avventura is a beautiful, sexy film with a great ending. Nonetheless, I prefer Asghar Farhadi's reinterpretation/hommage, About Elly, which is more plot-driven and yet just as intensely personal.
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Howard Orr
25Feb12
Mysterious and threatening, doesn't this film speak of our own time's sense of distraction, wandering, and disillousionment?
terrastrana
20Feb12
The ennui of the wealthy Italian elite during a summer holiday becomes a treatise for the meaning of life, love, existence.
Gylfi Reynisson
24Jan12
The Characters are all bored, boring and don't know what the hell they should be doing. Never seen a movie quite like this before and I have to say I thought it was brilliant. Antonioni probably had lots of fun writing the script.
Danny Dreams
28Dec11
A beautiful, wonderful film. But clearly you wont appreciate it unless you are a romantic or have the patience or state of mind ready to receive it.
Francisco R.
17Nov11
The fact the the audience eventually cares more about Anna than the characters themselves is one of the many sad things in this great movie, whose themes seem to get progressively more relevant these days.
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Ben Wheeler
18May11
I know this movie is going to take some time to open up in my own mind. "Blow Up" has continued to stick with me and become something more than what it was on first viewing. I can tell that there's beauty in L'Avventura, but it needs to sit with me for a couple of weeks and probably deserves a second viewing. I guess I get restless when I think there's a plot, but turns out I'm watching a non-narrative.
Nathan Deming
24Mar11
I enjoyed this a lot more than The Journalist (is that what it's called? the one with Jack Nicholson). I felt like I didn't have to be intellectual to enjoy this movie.
catch_33
22Mar11
The isolation and confusion of the film is perfectly depicted without ever going into analysis, and I guess that is what makes this film so brilliant, is the fact that it stands back and observes. Characters motivations and actions are as confusing to them as they are to the audience, yet somehow ring true to life. Not to mention the astounding framing and imagery allowing the audience to soak up moments not actions.
AntioneOscar69
5Mar11
A stunning masterpiece from Antonioni, a gripping study of alienation and nearly non-existent human relationships that extends to nearly 2.5 hours but is always engrossing. Red Desert may be more timeless, Blow-Up more iconic, but L'Avventura is probably his best film.
Adrian Mendoza
24Feb11
i am having a hard time choosing my favorite antonioni film. i chose this one because it's the most recent one i saw. i was surprised in the end that it run almost 2.5 hours. it felt like less... a 2.45 hours hekhekhek
FailedImitator
21Feb11
"For you, what comes first, love or music?" The bit with the "couple" on the train is by far my favorite, everything else, I just don't get.