Michelangelo Antonioni, who died in 2007, was one of cinemaās greatest modernist filmmakers. The films in his black and white trilogy of the early 1960sāLāavventura, La Notte, Lāeclisseāare justly celebrated for their influential, gorgeously austere style. But in this book, Murray Pomerance demonstrates why the color films that followed are, in fact, Antonioniās greatest works. Writing in an accessible style that evokes Antonioniās expansive use of space, Pomerance discusses The Red Desert, Blow-Up, Professione: Reporter (The Passenger), Zabriskie Point, Identification of a Woman, The Mystery of Oberwald, Beyond the Clouds, and The Dangerous Thread of Things to analyze the directorās subtle and complex use of color. Infusing his open-ended inquiry with both scholarly and personal reflection, Pomerance evokes the full range of sensation, nuance, and equivocation that became Antonioniās signature.
Michelangelo Red Antonioni Blue - Murray Pomerance
Michelangelo Antonioni, who died in 2007, was one of cinemaās greatest modernist filmmakers. The films in his black and white trilogy of the early 1960sāLāavventura, La Notte, Lāeclisseāare justly celebrated for their influential, gorgeously austere style. But in this book, Murray Pomerance demonstrates why the color films that followed are, in fact, Antonioniās greatest works. Writing in an accessible style that evokes Antonioniās expansive use of space, Pomerance discusses The Red Desert, Blow-Up, Professione: Reporter (The Passenger), Zabriskie Point, Identification of a Woman, The Mystery of Oberwald, Beyond the Clouds, and The Dangerous Thread of Things to analyze the directorās subtle and complex use of color. Infusing his open-ended inquiry with both scholarly and personal reflection, Pomerance evokes the full range of sensation, nuance, and equivocation that became Antonioniās signature.