Films Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (Study Guide) - Blowup, Zabriskie Point, the Passenger, L'Avventura, Red Desert, La Notte (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: Blowup, Zabriskie Point, the Passenger, L'avventura, Red Desert, La Notte, Cronaca Di Un Amore, L'eclisse, Il Grido, Identification of a Woman, Beyond the Clouds, I Vinti, le Amiche, N.u., Lies of Love, Chung Kuo, Cina, the Lady Without Camelias, the Mystery of Oberwald. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Blowup is a 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English-language film. It tells of a photographer's accidental involvement with a murder, inspired by Julio Cortazar's 1959 short story, "Las babas del diablo" or "The Devil's Drool," and by the life of Swinging London photographer David Bailey. The film was scored by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, although the music is source music, as Hancock noted: "It's only there when someone turns on the radio or puts on a record." Nominated for several awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Blowup won the Grand Prix. Blowup stars David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Tsai Chin and Gillian Hills. The 1960s model Veruschka has a scene considered by Premiere Magazine as "the sexiest cinematic moment in history." The screenplay was written by Antonioni and Tonino Guerra, with English dialogue by British playwright Edward Bond. The film was produced by Carlo Ponti, who had contracted Antonioni to make three English-language films for MGM. (The others were Zabriskie Point and The Passenger.) The plot is a day in the life of Thomas (Hemmings), a fashion photographer. It begins after spending the night at a doss house where he has taken pictures for a book of art photos. He is late for a photo shoot with Veruschka at his studio, which in turn makes him late for a shoot with other models later in the morning. He grows ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=448385