Review of Red Desert (1964) by Nannina G — 03 Feb 2011
Heartbreakingly beautiful. It's as if every blade of grass and every hair on Monica Vitti's head were arranged by Antonioni - every oil slick and plume of smoke were painted onto the screen by him.
Nature and pollution are shown equal in their terrible beauties. But like many Antonionis you sometimes are left wondering what exactly is at its core. L'Avventura, La Notte, and Blow Up are masterpieces - L'Eclisse and Zabriskie Point are beautiful voids.
.. but like The Passenger I'm not sure where exactly Red Desert falls. I'll have to let it sink in, in a month I might have some idea.
This review of Red Desert (1964) was written by Nannina G on 03 Feb 2011.
Red Desert has generally received very positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
Yes
No
