L’Eclisse
July 31st, 2007It felt less like a story, more like a poem. – Martin Scorsesee on Eclipse.
Trailer L’Eclisse
A clip from La Notte with Jeanne Moreau and Marcello Mastroianni.
Antonioni’s film on China was denounced by the Chinese government.
Quick list of paired disappearing acts throughout history.
Shakepeare and Cervantes (On the same day)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (On the same day)
Simone Beauvoir and Jean Genet (1 day apart)
C.S Lewis and Aldous Huxley (On the same day)
Charlie Chaplin and Howard Hawks (1 day apart)
James Stewart and Robert Mitchum (1 day apart).
Princess Diana and Mother Theresa (6 days apart).
Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake (One week apart)
Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni (On the same day)
Thirteen Ways of looking at Bergman (Accompanied by powerful images)
Today, we are aswarm with Antonioni imitators, but no one seems to want to be the new Bergman.
