La Notte
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Movie Reviews of La Notte
Movie Review: Marvelous cast by most compicated actor,actress and director
Summary: 5 Stars
Giovanni Pontano is a writer, who is going through an existantial crisis along with an inspirational one. His relation with his life Lidia isn't any better, the two have problems communicating, a problem the writer has with the rest of world as well. On the day of the publiction Giovanni's latest book, the couple visit the Marxist editor Tomasso, who is in hospital dying of cancer. Later a long and tedious all-night party with various erotic encounters at the home of Milanese industrialist who wants to buy Giovanni's serve to underline the growing emptiness of their marriage. At the end of the night they found nothing more than a tenuous solution...The film is a physological drama about the uncertainity of the modern man's feelings where various themes interlace : the solitude, the enemy, the money, the money, etc. symbols of empty and crazy world.
Jeanne Moreau's day-to-evening walk in the city is a commonpoint with nearly all Antonioni films; film character observes the society giving up all securities against people.
Monica Vitti, acts as the daughter of the industrialist; sharing the solitute of her secure life guaranteed by her father but an empty world and looking for the solution or something interesting in Mastroianni/Moreau characters that seem different but sharing the same problems in different way actually..
Movie Review: WOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
Please note that before I begin that this review is for the MOVIE, not the DVD. In Australia the movie is available through umbrella entertainment, fully restored and in wide screen. I can only asume that at some point in the near future this version will be distributed in America.
O.K. Now that that is out of the way, on with the review!
La Notte is the third Antonion movie I have seen (The first being "Blow-Up", the second being "The Passenger") and it is the third time I have been blown away by him. His sense of aesthetic balance and composition are totally beyond reproach.
One of the reasons I love the work of Antonioni (showcased perfectly in this film), is that I am able to grasp the central ideas without the need to be overly analytical. La Notte, at it's surface, is about the break-down of a marriage. Digging deeper, it is about the hopelessness of life and our struggles to make meaning of the world around us.
Whenever our protagonists are on-screen, Antonioni's camera is either looking down on them, or framing them as an aside to the world they are in (many shots seemingly focus more on the city around the characters).
I highly recommend the work of this incredible talent to anyone who enjoys cinema at its purest.
Movie Review: Wonderful Film, Annoying DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
This is truly a wonderful film. Moreau, Mastroianni and Vitti are perfect in Antonioni's expression of banality and dispassion in the modern age. Those put off by Antonioni's work, due to vagueness and slow pacing, will find "La Notte" extremely approachable. Also, I was amazed to how similar "La Notte" is to Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut." The portraying of the emptiness of the main characters marriage not through dialog but imagery, the story structure, the wealthy friends party (end of "La Notte," beginning of "EWS"), the personal odysseys Moreau and Mastroianni venture on to spark up passion in their lives are all reminiscent of Kubrick's last film. I haven't heard of Kubrick being influence by Antonioni or not, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.Being that "La Notte" is such a visual treat, it is frustrating that the Fox Lorber DVD is so poorly put together. It skips, the audio often doesn't sync up with the actors mouths, there is a hiss that keeps on going on and off, and there are many scratches and smudges throughout. Oh well. Hopefully Criterion will pick this one up and do to "La Notte" what they did for "L'Avventura." That is the treatment this film deserves.
Movie Review: Yes, the DVD IS watchable
Summary: 5 Stars
Several respondents here have criticized the transfer quality, citing cropping, hisses, wobbling, etc. Most of the "cropping" is attributable to television overscan, and you notice it more on this DVD because Antonioni makes such deft and unusual use of the far edges of the screen. There are DVD players available which can help compensate for overscanning, a problem originating from standard television sets and not this particular DVD. Regarding hisses, those recurring, distant industrial sounds you hear are on the original soundtrack. Undoubtedly they are meant to serve an emotional mood. One respondent reports that the image is so jumpy he couldn't watch the film; I simply didn't have the same viewing experience. A number of Criterion releases have more image wobble than this one. In fact, I'm impressed by the great sound and picture quality of this DVD. It's a huge improvement over the muddy version which Bravo used to broadcast, and notably cleaner than theatrical prints available in the US in the 1990s. While not perfect, this DVD delivers the aural and visual clarity which Antonioni deserves.Movie Review: the artist
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometimes a movie is so good and thought provoking that it stays with you long after it is over and lingers in your mind teasing you as if there were still doors left to be opened - and it must be watched again. I found this true of 'La Notte' - my favorite Antonioni movie. It was so striking that the night I watched it I had several dreams relating to it once I fell asleep.
As far as its construction - the movie to me appears flawless. Every shot is a beautiful composition and your eyes are drawn to objects every bit as much as people. Antonioni seems to have a relationship with space and objects far superior to most directors - and one gets the feeling that this man could also be a painter.
The acting in the film is nice and understated. Jeanne Moreau is easy to identify with and Marcello is very much at ease in one of his best film roles. I am still just in awe of this picture and I feel that I may have missed something! Time to pull out the dvd and watch it again!!