5/10
Serviceable Hour Long Look Back at Antonioni Career
15 February 2022
If you have access to the Criterion DVD of The Eclipse you might take an hour to watch this supplement which includes numerous clips of Antonioni philosophizing, a few clips with his collaborators, and tidbits from most of his work.

The most interesting bits of footage are the "filming of" clips from several titles and an entire deleted scene from L'Avventura which would have added some humor to that otherwise somber film.

The least interesting parts are the clips of the director philosophizing. It would have been more helpful to have feedback from more of the people who worked with him. Maybe even from a few articulate critics. Scenes of him receiving awards at festivals are, expectedly, as uninspiring as footage from your typical Academy Awards ceremony.

For some reason a number of the films are not represented by actual clips (the best option for giving viewers a taste ) but instead by still footage .
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