The Red Desert

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The Red Desert ★★★ Il Deserto Rosso 1964

Antonioni's first color film, depicting an alienated Italian wife who searches for meaning in the industrial lunar landscape of northern Italy, to no avail. Highly acclaimed, and a masterpiece of visual form. In Italian with English subtitles. 120m/C VHS, DVD . IT Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlos Chionetti; D: Michelangelo Antonioni; W: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra; C: Carlo Di Palma; M: Giovanni Fusco. Venice Film Fest. '64: Film.

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