L'Avventura  [videorecording] / 
 Title on container:  Michelangelo Antonioni's  l'avventura 
Janus Films ; un film di Michelangelo Antonioni ; soggetto, Michelangelo Antonioni ; sceneggiatura, Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, Tonino Guerra ; direttore di produzione, Luciano Perugia ; una coproduzione italo-francese, Cino del Duca, Societe Cinematographique Lyre. 
 - Special ed. 
 - [Irvington, N.Y.] :  Criterion Collection,  c2001. 
 - 2 videodiscs (143 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Criterion collection ;  98 .
 - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;  98. .
<br/><br/> Videodisc release of the 1960 motion picture.  Dual-layer format; aspect ratio 1.77:1.  Special features: stunning new digital transfer with restored picture and sound, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; audio commentary by film historian Gene Youngblood;  Antonioni: documents and testimonials, a 58-minute documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi; writings by Antonioni, read by Jack Nicholson--plus Nicholson's personal recollections of the director; original theatrical  trailer; restoration demonstration; a reprint of Antonioni's statements about L'Avventura, circulated after the film's premiere at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and  a new essay by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; music, Giovanni Fusco.  Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; music, Giovanni Fusco. 
<br/><br/>Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique  Blanchar, Renzo Ricci. 
<br/><br/> Story about the search for a girl lost on an island;  gradually the searchers become preoccupied with their own problems, and the girl is never found. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, Dolby digital mono. 
<br/><br/><br/>In Italian with optional English subtitles. 
<br/><br/> Cannes International Film Festival 1960: Special Jury  Award. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Disappeared persons--Drama.<br/>Feature films.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.4372  / LAV 2001