Review of L'Avventura (1960) by Jesse B — 02 Aug 2010
Michelangelo Antonioni does not fallow the modern conventions of storytelling in the remarkable, "L'Avventura". No, he thinks too highly of his subject matter to make it subject to the usual rigors of plot and resolution minded endings.
Usually, in a film, when somebody is discovered to be missing, the film revolves around their retrieval and makes many attempts at creating a logical explanation for the creation of such a film in the first place.
Antonioni seems to find this bourgeois approach to film unsuited for the questions and feelings which he is attempting to evoke. The would be plot element of the missing person is used only to spark the internal struggles of the characters as they cope with the boredom of every day life.
Does it ruin the plot to say that the girl is never found? What plot are we talking about here. Such restrictions when telling a story only seem important to those of limited scope of imagination. Not to Mr.
Antonioni and certainly not to his films.
This review of L'Avventura (1960) was written by Jesse B on 02 Aug 2010.
L'Avventura has generally received very positive reviews.
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