Review of L'Avventura (1960) by Michael S — 02 Jan 2008
Antonioni was the first and best film director to maximize the importance of juxtaposing characters with their environments without consideration of plot. (In this sense, along with the French New Wave, his early films can be seen as the birth of cinematic modernism.
) The way L'avventura allows narrative momentum to stop STONE COLD while Antonioni attempts to penetrate the surface of an image with his camera can be alienating to some viewers, including me the first time I tried to watch it.
But if you allow yourself to become attuned to his unique cinematic rhythms, as I eventually did, this is one of the finest films ever made.
This review of L'Avventura (1960) was written by Michael S on 02 Jan 2008.
L'Avventura has generally received very positive reviews.
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