The Red Desert (1964) ( Il Deserto rosso ) ( Le Désert rouge )

The Red Desert (1964) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Il Deserto rosso
Alternate Title: Le Désert rouge
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Michelangelo Antonioni

Written By:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Tonino Guerra

Actors:
Monica Vitti ..... Giuliana
Richard Harris ..... Corrado Zeller
Carlo Chionetti ..... Ugo
Xenia Valderi ..... Linda
Rita Renoir ..... Emilia
Lili Rheims ..... Telescope operator's wife
Aldo Grotti ..... Max
Valerio Bartoleschi ..... Giuliana's son
Emanuela Paola Carboni ..... Girl in fable
Bruno Borghi ..... Radio telescope operator
Beppe Conti
Julio Cotignoli
Giovanni Lolli
Hiram Mino Madonia
Giuliano Missirini

Synopsis:

Red Desert (Il Deserto Rosso) once more combines the considerable talents of director Michelangelo Antonioni and star Monica Vitti. Cast as Giuliana, an unhappy wife, Vitti suffers from an unnamed form of depression and malaise. Her quicksilver emotional shifts disturb everyone around her, but they, like she, pretend that nothing is truly wrong. British engineer Corrado Zeller (Richard Harris) seems to understand what Giuliana is really after in life, and he acts upon it by entering into an affair with the troubled woman. Giuliana eventually comes to terms with her physical and mental pain, but this hardly means that she's "cured" in the conventional sense. Monica Vitti's sense of isolation is heightened by Antonioni's (and cinematographer Carlo DiPalma's) choice of colors, and especially by Carlo Savina's bizarre electronic musical score. This is a landmark movie in Antonioni's effort to portray alienated individuals in contemporary life; he places people against towering forms of technology to emphasize their smallness and lostness in the modern world of technological change.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 October, 2020.