Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Language: ITALIAN: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect
Ratio: 1.85:1
Number
of Discs: 1
Rating: Not
Rated
Orig.
Release Date: 1961
Studio: Criterion
Release
Date: 10/29/2013
Run Time: 122 Min.
- Trailer - original Italian theatrical trailer for La Notte. In Italian, with optional English subtitles. (4 min, 1080p).
- Adriano Apra and Carlo di Carlo - in this new interview program, film critic Adriano Apra and film historian Carlo di Carlo discuss the unique structure of Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte, and specifically the film's abstract qualities, the relationship between Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau's characters, the "disease of emotions" that has affected their lives, the importance of sound in Antonioni's films, etc. The program was produced exclusively for Criterion in 2012. In Italian, with optional English subtitles. (27 min, 1080p).
- Giuliana Bruno - in this video interview, Giuliana Bruno, a professor at Harvard University's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, discusses the visual style of La Notte, the structure of its narrative, and the important role architecture has in the film. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2012. In English and Italian (for the footage from La Notte), with optional English subtitles where necessary. (32 min, 1080p).
- Booklet - an illustrated booklet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody and a 1961 article by director Michelangelo Antonioni.
Two of the giants of film-acting come together as a married couple living in crisis: Marcello Mastroianni (La dolce vita, 8-1/2) and Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim, Bay of Angels). He is a renowned author and “public intellectual”; she is “the wife”. Over the course of one day and the night into which it inevitably bleeds, the pair will come to re-examine their emotional bonds, and grapple with the question of whether love and communication are even possible in a world built out of profligate idylls and sexual hysteria.
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