Friday, January 30, 2004
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Neo-Realism: a movement especially in Italian filmmaking characterized by the simple direct depiction of lower-class life
Il Grido (The Outcry)
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1957, 35mm, B&W, 115 min
Cast: Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair, Gabriella Pallotta, Dorian Gray
Overjoyed that Irma's husband has died in a distant land, Aldo assumes that now they will marry and raise the daughter they already have. However, Irma reveals that she now loves another man. Aldo takes their daughter and begins a journey through the Po Valley, drifting from place to place, job to job, stopping for occasional affairs but mainly trying to care for his daughter. When the obligation proves too much, she is returned to her mother. Aldo finally gives up and returns to the factory town where he lived with Irma and the girl--to an unexpected conclusion. Stunningly and evocatively photographed, this film brought Antonioni, the poet of space, composition, and emptiness, to the attention of global audiences.
-Thanks to Austin Film Society for these FREE Essential Cinema Series every Tuesday at the Alamo ($4 for general public)
-And thanks to the Alamo always, well, for just being the Alamo
Neo-Realism: a movement especially in Italian filmmaking characterized by the simple direct depiction of lower-class life
Il Grido (The Outcry)
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1957, 35mm, B&W, 115 min
Cast: Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair, Gabriella Pallotta, Dorian Gray
Overjoyed that Irma's husband has died in a distant land, Aldo assumes that now they will marry and raise the daughter they already have. However, Irma reveals that she now loves another man. Aldo takes their daughter and begins a journey through the Po Valley, drifting from place to place, job to job, stopping for occasional affairs but mainly trying to care for his daughter. When the obligation proves too much, she is returned to her mother. Aldo finally gives up and returns to the factory town where he lived with Irma and the girl--to an unexpected conclusion. Stunningly and evocatively photographed, this film brought Antonioni, the poet of space, composition, and emptiness, to the attention of global audiences.
-Thanks to Austin Film Society for these FREE Essential Cinema Series every Tuesday at the Alamo ($4 for general public)
-And thanks to the Alamo always, well, for just being the Alamo
