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Michelangelo Antonioni
Blowup
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2 editions published between 1980 and 2004 in English and held by 1,038 libraries worldwide A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder.
L'avventura
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4 editions published between 1960 and 2001 in Italian and held by 997 libraries worldwide Story about the search for a girl lost on an island; the searchers gradually become preoccupied with their own problems.
The passenger
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18 editions published between 1973 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 766 libraries worldwide A reporter assumes the identity of a dead man. The more he does this, the further he is from his true identity. When he finds himself in danger, will he be able to become himself once again, or will it be too late?
The architecture of vision : writings and interviews on cinema
by Michelangelo Antonioni
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33 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 609 libraries worldwide
L'eclisse
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2 editions published between 1962 and 2005 in Italian and held by 557 libraries worldwide A young woman, after breaking off an affair with an older man, finds herself in Rome and alone. She becomes friends with a young stockbroker, but after he has an accident, she once again finds herself alone.
Michelangelo Antonioni: an introduction
by Michelangelo Antonioni
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18 editions published between 1961 and 1995 in 4 languages and held by 536 libraries worldwide
Screenplays. With an introd. by the author
by Michelangelo Antonioni
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4 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 535 libraries worldwide
That bowling alley on the Tiber : tales of a director
by Michelangelo Antonioni
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28 editions published between 1983 and 2004 in 7 languages and held by 533 libraries worldwide
Zabriskie Point
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44 editions published between 1969 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 481 libraries worldwide An epic portrait of late sixties America as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot.
L'avventura; a film
by Michelangelo Antonioni
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20 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 465 libraries worldwide "Au cours d'une croisière entre amis dans les îles éoliennes, une jeune femme disparaît mystérieusement. L'amant et la meilleure amie de la disparue entreprennent des recherches. Une idylle naît entre eux. Eclairé par la présence solaire de Monica Vitti... Un chahut mémorable accueillit la projection à Cannes de ce qui devint un film-étape de l'histoire du cinéma...
Blowup
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20 editions published between 1966 and 2005 in English and German and held by 444 libraries worldwide A drama recounting the adventures of a young fashion photographer in London, who finds indications of murder when he develops film which he shot of a man and woman in a park. Deals with confusion of appearance and reality in a media-conscious society.
La notte
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3 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in Italian and held by 426 libraries worldwide An emotionally estranged couple faces heartache, desperation, and personal loss all in the course of one night.
Lo sceicco bianco The white sheik
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5 editions published between 1951 and 2007 in Italian and French and held by 388 libraries worldwide Ivan Cavalli brings his new wife Wanda to Rome on the least romantic honeymoon in history--a rigid schedule of family meetings and an audience with the Pope. But Wanda, dreaming of the dashing hero of a photo-strip cartoon, drifts off in search of the White Sheik, thus setting off a slapstick comedy.
L'Avventura
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71 editions published between 1959 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 374 libraries worldwide Story about the search for a girl lost on an island ; gradually the searchers become pre-occupied with their own problems, and the girl is never found.
Blow-up
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56 editions published between 1966 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 354 libraries worldwide A young London photographer believes he was an inadvertent witness to murder and that a picture he took may be incriminating evidence.
Il Deserto rosso Red desert
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27 editions published between 1964 and 2010 in Italian and English and held by 353 libraries worldwide Antonioni's first color film depicts a woman traumatized by an auto accident who finds herself permanently alienated in her urban milieu.
Blow-up; a film
by Michelangelo Antonioni
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6 editions published between 1971 and 1984 in English and held by 353 libraries worldwide
Il deserto rosso Red desert
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2 editions published in 2010 in Italian and held by 331 libraries worldwide Guiliana is the wife of Ugo, a plant manager in Ravenna. Recently released from the hospital after a car accident, Giuliana is in dire straits mentally, but Ugo thinks she's just hysterical. When she meets the charming Corrado, he seems sympathetic, shares her feeling of being lost, but he doesn't fully understand and his amatory advances are not what she needs. Living in the shadow of industry, surrounded by the blighted landscape of the mechanized wasteland, Guiliana faces the full horror of existential doubt alone, and modernist culture offers her no solace, comfort, or concrete prescription to alleviate her anguish.
Il Grido Outcry
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9 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in Italian and held by 307 libraries worldwide The narrative follows Aldo, a young refinery mechanic who, when faced with the sudden end of a seven-year affair with a married woman, abandons his past and embarks on an aimless quest with their young daughter in tow. His travels take him to the home of an old flame, to a filling station owned by a lonely widow on a desolate stretch of highway, and into the arms of a prostitute in an impoverished fishing community. But he can find no relief from his undying love for Irma and must return to her village.
L'Avventura : Michelangelo Antonioni, director
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 297 libraries worldwide more
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Adultery Alienation (Social psychology) Antonioni, Michelangelo Avventura (Motion picture) Bibliography Biography Brides Comedy films Criticism, interpretation, etc. Documentary films Drama England--London Evidence, Criminal False personation Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Films--for the hearing impaired Foreign correspondents Foreign films History Honeymoons Interviews Italy Italy--Rome Love Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Missing persons Motion picture plays Motion picture plays, Italian Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors--Credits Motion pictures Motion pictures, Italian Motion pictures--Philosophy Motion pictures--Production and direction Murder Photographers Single women Social history Spouses Television journalists Thrillers (Motion pictures) Translations Upper class Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Visconti, Luchino,--1906-1976 Young women
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Alternative Names
An-tung-ni-ao-ni
An-tung-ni-ao-ni 1912-2007
Antonioni, M.
Michelangelo Antonioni 1912-2007
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English (395) French (186) German (127) Undetermined (60) Spanish (59) Multiple languages (38) No Linguistic content (28) Chinese (19) Russian (12) Japanese (9) Portuguese (5) Greek, Modern (5) Turkish (5) Swedish (4) Polish (2) Mandar (1) Czech (1) Korean (1) Dutch (1) Hungarian (1) Norwegian (1) Covers
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