tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post9212595711475466836..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 359. L'AvventuraAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-25513057788406600122020-04-08T06:10:44.534-07:002020-04-08T06:10:44.534-07:00The more I think about this, the more I like it.
...The more I think about this, the more I like it.<br /><br />Anna and Claudia are the same person in some sense, but not in the obvious, literal way of Black Swan. When Anna hands her symbolic blouse to Claudia, she becomes her and in effect disappears. (Or did she just change her behaviour and let another side of herself come to the fore?) <br /><br />And so Sandro transfers his affections to her. Note the bit where they're in the shop asking a couple who saw her. The man who thought she was sexy but unobtainable says she was a brunette (a la Anna), the wife who thought she was free and something to worry about says she was blonde (a la Claudia). Were they ever separate people, in the first place? Very early on when Anna and Sandro get jiggy with it, she is unemotional and can't open up. Meanwhile, outside, relaxed Claudia without these inhibitions tries to see in but they block her out with the curtains.<br /><br />Or is the film really about her in the first place? Whenever Sandro tries to get into a church, he finds it locked and empty. God's house is closed to him. He takes out his anger on an artist's drawing of a church by knocking ink all over it. And then at the end, after he has sinned against Claudia, she poses like the virgin Mary and confers forgiveness upon him as he weeps.Dessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172245410667624187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-88845470029215455652020-01-28T06:57:19.041-08:002020-01-28T06:57:19.041-08:00The scene where Monica Vitti is being gazed by 50+...The scene where Monica Vitti is being gazed by 50+ men must have been really intimidating for the actress herself, no matter what her character had committed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-80393753314835576012017-10-05T07:59:02.982-07:002017-10-05T07:59:02.982-07:00I think L'Eclisse is the one that worked best ...I think L'Eclisse is the one that worked best for me, probably because by then I understood what he was doing.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-86294230638877008142017-10-02T09:09:39.768-07:002017-10-02T09:09:39.768-07:00Which is your favorite?Which is your favorite?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-82742732619362929352017-09-24T13:39:30.875-07:002017-09-24T13:39:30.875-07:00When I watched this I did not understand Antonioni...When I watched this I did not understand Antonioni's particular way on making movies, so, frankly, I hated it. After three of his movies I think I get what he is driving at and what actually matters in his movies. That helps a lot and I am not as negative about L'Avventura as I used to be. Still, this is my least favourite of his three movies in the trilogy. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com