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L’Eclisse

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8/28/24 (Wed)

Antonioni’s 1962 film was part of the Alain Delon series offered by Criterion following his death last week. It’s one of those “movies you must see before you die”, which usually puts me off, and I wasn’t planning to watch any more Antonioni works in particular after the enigmatic Blow-Up. Nevertheless, the Delon connection and the film’s critical reputation persuaded me to give it another try.

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Blow-Up

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8/7/24 (Wed)

I had heard of Antonioni’s 1967 Blow-Up and figured it was about time I got around to it. Its reputation precedes it, of course, and it’s supposed to have been highly influential in its nihilistic cool. It seems a movie made more for critics rather than audiences – it was a big commercial success back in its day, but I suspect that had more to do with the brouhaha over the boobs and pubic hair.

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