126 mins |
Rated
M (Mature Audiences)
David Locke - a disheartened journalist struggling to complete a documentary featuring the civil war in Chad - takes advantage of an opportunity to escape his current situation by assuming the identity of a dead man. His new life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that the man he is impersonating was involved with arms deals with Chad's rebel fighters.
Curator’s note: Perhaps the most enigmatic Hollywood chase movie committed to screen, the last film in Antonioni’s trilogy of English language work for MGM might just be his best. The power of the immaculately composed images and the steady pacing makes you feel an odd sense of serenity and liberation, despite the high stakes of the on-the-run narrative. A still-talked about penultimate long shot provides a melancholy and mysterious bookend that should stay with you long after the film has finished.
With introduction by Professor Bernadette Luciano on Sunday 23rd June matinée.
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David Locke - a disheartened journalist struggling to complete a documentary featuring the civil war in Chad - takes advantage of an opportunity to escape his current situation by assuming the identity of a dead man. His new life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that the man he is impersonating was involved with arms deals with Chad's rebel fighters.
Curator’s note: Perhaps the most enigmatic Hollywood chase movie committed to screen, the last film in Antonioni’s trilogy of English language work for MGM might just be his best. The power of the immaculately composed images and the steady pacing makes you feel an odd sense of serenity and liberation, despite the high stakes of the on-the-run narrative. A still-talked about penultimate long shot provides a melancholy and mysterious bookend that should stay with you long after the film has finished.
With introduction by Professor Bernadette Luciano on Sunday 23rd June matinée.