Review of La Notte (1961) by Ian H — 27 Jun 2007
Like the scene in "Casablanca" in which Victor Lazlo rouses up the band to play La Marseilleise, or the scene in "The Third Man" in which, atop a ferris wheel, Harry Lime explains his preference for tyranny to democracy, Antonioni's "La Notte" also contains a perfect cinematic moment.
In a half-hearted last ditch effort to save his disintigrating marriage, a husband (Marcello Mastroianni) tells his wife (Jeanne Moreau): "I love you. What else can I say?" Whereupon his wife pulls from her purse a passionate love letter from the days of their early courtship and reads it to him.
Also with the incomparably ravishing Monica Vitti.
This review of La Notte (1961) was written by Ian H on 27 Jun 2007.
La Notte has generally received very positive reviews.
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