Chinese Version
IL Deserto Rosso (Italy/France)
Red Desert
The first real color film
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Monica Vitti Richard Harris
Footage: 120min
Year: 1964
Giuliana is a woman who, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, struggles to discover meaning, peace and serenity within the desolate and industrialized town where she lives.
However her quicksilver emotional shifts disturb everyone around her, but they, like she, pretend that nothing is truly wrong. British engineer Corrado Zeller seems to understand what Giuliana is really after in life, and he acts upon it by entering into an affair with the troubled woman. Ultimately left dissatisfied by the affair, Giuliana return to her wandering, forever seeking solace from her angst. Additionally burdened by the illness of her only child, Giuliana recedes further and further into neurotic isolation as the surrounding urban environment threatens to consume her.
The sense of isolation is heightened by Antonioni's (and cinematographer Carlo DiPalma's) choice of colors, and especially by Carlo Savina's bizarre electronic musical score.
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