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L'Avventura [videorecording] / 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.

Contributor(s): Series: Criterion collection ; 98 | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 98.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001.Edition: Special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Title on container: Michelangelo Antonioni's l'avventura
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 LAV 2001
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; music, Giovanni Fusco.
Awards:
  • Cannes International Film Festival 1960: Special Jury Award.
Cast: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci.Summary: 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.
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Media Resources Taylor's Library-TU 791.4372 LAV 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Set of DVD's 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525203

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.

Director of photography, Aldo Scavarda ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; music, Giovanni Fusco.

Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci.

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.

DVD, Dolby digital mono.

In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Cannes International Film Festival 1960: Special Jury Award.