The Eclipse (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Michaelangelo Antonioni's L'ECLISSE (ECLIPSE) is a visually stunning film with a strange, abstract plotline. Monica Vitti stars as Vittoria, a beautiful woman who, in the opening scene of the movie, dumps her boring boyfriend Riccardo (Francisco Rabal). Vittoria's mother (Lilla Brignone) passes her time at the stock exchange, watching the numbers rise and fall as if her whole life depends on the next high or low. In contrast, Vittoria wanders the streets of the city unhindered, dreaming, floating independently and waiting for whatever fate befalls her. She begins an affair with a powerful, handsome, emotionally vacant stockbroker, Piero (Alain Delon). Their relationship is fun, flirtatious, risky, and dangerous all at once--but mostly, it is an expression of true human affection, which the other characters in L'ECLISSE seem to lack. However, the plot of L'ECLISSE is hardly Antonioni's focus. As sweeping pans of the calm, dusty streets mix with the intense cacophony of the stock exchange, the director compares and contrasts the structure of city life with the still, silent aspects of a more natural environment, observing society's evolution into a technological monolith. L'ECLISSE is part of a trilogy of Antonioni films, along with LA NOTTE and L'AVVENTURA.

"[I]t's Vitti's and Delon's performances that make it possible to keep watching as the film paints an increasingly bleak but beautiful picture of modern life." - Sam, Adams (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 03/18/2005

"[A] touching artifact, capturing the last gasp of modernism before contemporary malaise would be swept up into the great postmodern maelstrom known as the society of the spectacle." - Gavin, Smith (Film Critic), Film Comment, 03/01/2005

"[A]bsolutely breathtaking..." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 05/01/2005

"[A]rguably Antonioni's best....It's the film's stillness and precision that lingers in the memory..." - Tim, Lucas (Sight and Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 05/01/2005

"At the very least as influential as LA DOLCE VITA. Mind-blowing." - Chris, Roberts (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 07/01/2005

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Product Title:	The Eclipse (Criterion Collection) (US Version) The Eclipse (Criterion Collection) (US Version) The Eclipse (Criterion Collection) (US Version) The Eclipse (Criterion Collection) (US Version) The Eclipse (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Also known as:	L' Eclisse/L'Eclisse L' Eclisse/L'Eclisse L' Eclisse/L'Eclisse L' Eclisse/L'Eclisse L' Eclisse/L'Eclisse
Artist Name(s):	Monica Vitti (Actor) | Lilla Brignone (Actor) | Alain Delon (Actor) | Michelangelo Antonioni (Actor) | Gina Lollobrigida (Actor) | Jean Danet | Francisco Rabal (Actor) | Robert Hakim (Actor) Monica Vitti (Actor) | Lilla Brignone (Actor) | 阿倫狄龍 (Actor) | 米高安哲羅安東尼奧尼 (Actor) | 珍娜羅露寶烈吉妲 (Actor) | 尚旦納堤 | Francisco Rabal (Actor) | Robert Hakim (Actor) Monica Vitti (Actor) | Lilla Brignone (Actor) | 阿伦狄龙 (Actor) | 米高安哲罗安东尼奥尼 (Actor) | 珍娜罗露宝烈吉妲 (Actor) | Jean Danet | Francisco Rabal (Actor) | Robert Hakim (Actor) Monica Vitti (Actor) | Lilla Brignone (Actor) | アラン・ドロン (Actor) | ミケランジェロ・アントニオーニ (Actor) | Gina Lollobrigida (Actor) | Jean Danet | Francisco Rabal (Actor) | Robert Hakim (Actor) Monica Vitti (Actor) | Lilla Brignone (Actor) | Alain Delon (Actor) | Michelangelo Antonioni (Actor) | Gina Lollobrigida (Actor) | Jean Danet | Francisco Rabal (Actor) | Robert Hakim (Actor)
Director:	Alain Delon | Michelangelo Antonioni 阿倫狄龍 | 米高安哲羅安東尼奧尼 阿伦狄龙 | 米高安哲罗安东尼奥尼 アラン・ドロン | ミケランジェロ・アントニオーニ Alain Delon | Michelangelo Antonioni
Producer:	Robert Hakim | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim | Raymond Hakim
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Release Date:	2005-03-15
UPC Code:	037429202623
Language:	Italian
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Italy
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Black & White
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Criterion Collection
Other Information:	2 DVDs
Package Weight:	231 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004380558

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

DVD Features:

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Note: New Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer And Improved English Subtitle Translation.
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - Italian
Additional Products:
32 Page Booklet Featuring Essays By Film Critics John Rosenbaum And Gilberto Perez.
Disc 1: The Film
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Film Scholar Richard Pena
Disc 2: The Supplements
Additional Release Material:
Documentary:
1. Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema (56 minutes)
2. ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE (22 minutes)