| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 98 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 98.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, monaural. |
| Cast |
Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams, Dorothy de Poliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Enrico Bologna, Franco Cimino, Giovanni Danesi, Rita Molè, Renato Pinciroli, Angela Tommasi di Lampedusa, Vincenzo Tranchina. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; production designer, Piero Poletto ; costume design, Adriana Berselli ; music by Giovanni Fusco ; editor, Eraldo da Roma. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960s cinema and a gripping narrative in its own right, concerns the enigmatic disappearance of a young woman during a yachting trip off the coast of Sicily, and the search taken up by her disaffected lover and best friend. Antonioni's controversial international sensation is a gorgeously shot tale of modern ennui and spiritual isolation. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary featuring film historian Gene Youngblood; Antonioni: documents and testimonials (a 58 minute 1966 documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi); Jack Nicholson reads essays by Antonioni ("L'avventura: a moral adventure"; "Reflections on the film actor"; Working with Antonioni); Olivier Assayas on L'avventura (analysis in three parts); Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Booklet features an essay by critic Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. |
| Awards |
Cannes International Film Festival, 1960: Special Jury Award. |
| Language |
Italian dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Missing persons -- Italy -- Sicily -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Italy -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Romance films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Antonioni, Michelangelo, film director, screenwriter.
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Bartolini, Elio, 1922-2006, screenwriter.
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Guerra, Tonino, screenwriter.
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Pennasilico, Amato, film producer.
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Ferzetti, Gabriele, 1925-2015 actor.
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Vitti, Monica, actor.
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Massari, Léa, 1933- actor.
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Blanchar, Dominique, actor.
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Ricci, Renzo, 1898-1978, actor.
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Luttazzi, Lelio, actor.
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Petrucci, Giovanni, 1941- actor.
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Ruspoli, Esmeralda, 1928-1988, actor.
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Scavarda, Aldo, 1923- director of photography.
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Poletto, Piero, production designer.
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Berselli, Adriana, costume designer.
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Fusco, Giovanni, 1906-1968, composer (expression)
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Da Roma, Eraldo, film editor.
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Youngblood, Gene, 1942- commentator.
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Nicholson, Jack, voice actor.
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Assayas, Olivier, presenter.
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Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Cino del Duca (Firm), production company.
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Produzioni Cinematografiche Europee, production company.
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Société cinématographique lyre, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Avventura (Motion picture). English.
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| ISBN |
9781604658941 |
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1604658940 |
| Standard No. |
715515123815 |
| Music No. |
CC2413D The Criterion Collection |
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CC2413D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2413D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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