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L'Avventura (The Adventure) [All Region] [import]

Gabriele Ferzetti , Monica Vitti , Michelangelo Antonioni    DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci
  • Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Format: Import, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: Italian
  • Region: All Regions
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00126A4QG
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 82,840 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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ALL REGION DVD - KOREAN IMPORT - NTSC.

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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Criterion Release. 15 Oct 2006
By Nobody VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
L'Avventura 1960

Superb Criterion Release.

L'Avventura was directed in 1960 by what many would regard now as one of the truly great directors of all time, Michelangelo Antonioni. `L'Avventura' is now regarded as being the first part in a quadrilogy of films followed by `La Notte' (1961), E'clisse (1962) and `Red Desert' (1964) all dealing with the themes of modern alienation and the human condition. The feature that sets `L'Avventura apart from the other three films though is that `L'Avventura still has a strong masculine, if immature and spiritually impotent, character. Later films would concentrate on the female character to a far greater extant.

L'Avventura is essentially a road movie with an objective that is not important to the film, so I won't say anything about that. What is important is that Antonioni is writing a whole new cinematic language in his use of camera angle and position within a scene, actors being filmed from behind and characters entering a scene from what would appear to be the wrong direction. The scenes and composition on the island are perhaps some of the best I've ever watched. Antonioni also uses architecture as a metaphor in many scenes and would be explored to a greater extent in his next two films `La Notte' and `E'clisse'. Saying that though, there are some Hitchcockian clichés in `L'Avventura' such as the train entering the tunnel as a metaphor for intercourse. It can sometimes be difficult for a younger audience to understand why `L'Avventura' is so important because so many of these ideas seem familiar to us now, but nothing was made like this before it. The audio commentary on this disc by film historian Gene Youngblood is an invaluable tool to a greater understanding of this films position and status in cinema history and is highly recommended. The transfer is superb and presented in 1.77:1 and enhanced for 16x 9 televisions.

L'Avventura starred Monica Vitti (E'clisse, 1962; Red Desert,1964), Gabriele Ferzetti (Once Upon A Time In The West, 1969) and Lea Massari (Mummur Of The Heart, 1971). Other similar films I would recommend are `La Dolce Vita' (Federico Felini, 1960); `Picnic At Hanging Rock' (Peter Weir, 1975) and `Paris, Texas' (Wim Wenders, 1984). `L'Avventura won the Special Jury Prize at Canne in 1960 yet still feels like a fresh and modern film and gets better every time I see it. It's in my top 5 greatest films ever made without a doubt.

Highly Recommended.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Philoctetes TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
L'Avventura is a mesmerizing and perplexing film about a short boating holiday that is interrupted when a young woman mysteriously vanishes on an empty island, forcing her lover and her best friend to search for her. A film about the dreadful carelessness that can arise where materialism and vanity are valued above human and spiritual contact. Or whatever...

Antonioni creates some absolutely beautiful shots and there is dramatic interest in the sexual tension between Claudia and Sandro as they search hopelessly for the missing Anna. At times I was reminded of Bergman, but what I like about this director is the way everything seems naturalistic and plausible, even to the extent that plot is rather slender, so if you're looking for a series of explosions and reversals, or a thrilling climax, look elsewhere.

The women and men are all rather chic, the scenes of intimacy more pleasing for being restrained, the feeling of disquiet likely to hold you captive even as you begin to doubt whether anything is going to happen. Still, clever and then original photography, impulsive characters whose behaviour perplexes as much as it fascinates, and the space and time to be thought provoking without being didactic.

Just think, if it had been a British production, it would have been a disaster, or a tasteles thriller, maybe like this one - Donkey Punch [DVD] [2008] - Gawd 'elp us!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars NOT THE CRITERION RELEASE 10 Sep 2012
Format:DVD
The reviews posted here - bar one - are either just for the film or specifically for the Criterion release of the film.
THIS IS NOT THE CRITERION RELEASE.
It is a substandard version which I have had to return because the register is actually out on the DVD I received.
BEWARE!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Korean Half-Criterion Release
Although the cover looks like American Criterion release, if you look closer, you'll see Korean characters on it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by lewantynczyk
5.0 out of 5 stars A different type of adventure
In 'L'Avventura' lots happens but you keep asking yourself what relation all this has to the original story line to which we are introduced at the start. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Xenophon
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT SELLER, EXCELLENT PRODUCT
This Film is just beautiful, there are not enough words to describe how great it is. It came nicely packaged and plays perfectly. It was delivered within 2 days. I am very happy.
Published 9 months ago by fashstudent
5.0 out of 5 stars Good buy for the money
If you are in Europe (region 2) and you want to watch the superb Criterion release of l'Avventura there is no other choice left... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Alessandro D'Ovidio
1.0 out of 5 stars Are you sure this is not pirated?
How can this release be all-region when there is a Criterion release in Zone 1? - the cover seems to be a copy too.
Published on 11 April 2011 by Thomas Dillon
4.0 out of 5 stars Challenging, beautiful, thought-provoking, but missed something - on...
A film I need to see again, and wouldn't be surprised to love more on repeated viewings. I appreciate Antonioni's magnificent framing and images, his bravery with unconventional... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2011 by K. Gordon
5.0 out of 5 stars AN ABJURE IDIOSYNCRATIC ITALIAN DELIGHT
The Antonioni classic that surrounds a casual rich cruise adventure on an off shore Italian island is an in-depth observation of human selfishness ,corruption and total contempt... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by doctor oz MB,MRCP
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of cinema
One of the best movies ever made. Each shot is stunning, as is Ms. Vitti! A masterpiece by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by RONAN R OSULLIVAN
5.0 out of 5 stars L'Avventura
The first in a trilogy of films about couples in a crisis, L'Avventura takes place in an Italy enjoying an economic boom. Read more
Published on 12 May 2009 by technoguy
3.0 out of 5 stars A landmark, in its day
This film gets a very high rating in the Halliwell Film Guide and I can see that, in its time 1960, it will have been ground-breaking in its naturalistic filming technique and its... Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2008 by Bluebell
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