L'Eclisse Comments

  • Jaiden 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    [BAMPFA] 2018.6.20.7pm Every composition and transition is carefully and natural; the branches with rich meanings form a criss-cross path in the film. Objective/subjective blend of sound design. An empty mirror of the noise and anxiety of the stock exchange at the beginning and the accumulation of intensity at the end. Balloons exploded by shotguns, drunken passers-by driving away cars that fell into the river, men and women in old houses attacking and defending, and the ringing of the phone...

  • Deshaun 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Bravo! to the ephemeral, imperfect, poignant, and extremely lethual love. To the insurpassable scenery shots in this film for they function perfectly in sensation meaning. True, it is a pefection that can not easily be...

  • Sidney 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Bravo! to the ephemeral, imperfect, poignant, and extremely lethual love. To the insurpassable scenery shots in this film for they function perfectly in sensation meaning. True, it is a pefection that can not easily be...

  • Irving 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Friendship 3→4. Watching Ann early, always need to dissipate the attention in the boring moments to forget the involuntary composition. But often, he is attracted by a large number of strange cut compositions, as well as the presence and self-esteem of the lens. Why is "Passenger" the most perfect work? I feel that it has formed a relationship with modernity without relying on plastic art, and completed the liberation action at the...

  • Jaquan 2022-03-24 09:03:02

    The most modern part of the trilogy A building that rises from the ground A modern apartment A busy and noisy stock exchange A modern life is so complicated. Love is never simple. Ambiguous times are beautiful in a moment, but they are no match for failure. Ka Viti's peep also represents the director's own deconstruction and exploration of modern...

  • Georgiana 2022-03-24 09:03:02

    The beginning is like a black-and-white silent film, silence, short shots, character movement, broken space, a sense of unease at the touch of a button (such as the explosive force at the end). There are documentary and experimental traces at the end. Explore the relationship between people and modern space, see and feel the world through Monica Vitti's sensitive perspective, like a child who is alienated from observation. Occasionally playful, elusive, unpredictable. Death and Eros. Repeating...

  • Josue 2022-03-24 09:03:02

    Alienation and loneliness are everywhere, and everything in every frame speaks of loneliness. The emptiness in their hearts makes them use all means to seek spiritual liberation, and the only way they finally find is sex, and after a moment of pleasure, they find that they have long been eroded into an empty shell, with two completely different emotions: madness and indifference. Appearing on them at the same time, all they can get is to feel the endless nothingness...

  • Jade 2022-03-23 09:02:48

    Lao An's movie depends on the ending. Needless to say, the loneliness and emptiness of this movie are too powerful. The film happened to be released in 1962, and the man reading the newspaper at the end was the finishing touch: the Cuban missile crisis was reconciled, and mankind ushered in a fragile peace. What is love, is it the same amazing beginning, the rustling electric fan, and the sultry sound of Monica Vitti's high-heeled sandals? Love is...

  • Melba 2022-03-23 09:02:48

    8.2 1. At the end of the trilogy, every shot is exquisite. 2. Busy yelling, flirting and wandering aimlessly, how similar and how irrelevant those scenes are to our lives. 3. The indoor scene at the beginning is naturally different from the empty scene at the end, but it is the real echo in my...

  • Rhett 2022-03-23 09:02:48

    From the very first little thing that Vitti fiddled with, he became addicted, looking at each other through the mirror and kissing across the door. Love insights are both philosophical and poetic. Antonioni's fashion sense is also poured into every dress and necklace of Vitti. The stock exchange segment is a perfect demonstration of scheduling capabilities. The end is firmly held by the empty lens again. Alain Delon and Monica Vitti are eye-catching enough, but the movie itself is more glorious...

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L'Eclisse quotes

  • Marta: The six million Negroes want to throw out the 60,000 whites. We're lucky they're still in trees and have barely lost their tails or they'd have already thrown us out.

    Anita: About time, too.

    Marta: I'll just say one thing. There are about ten leaders who've studied at Oxford. The others are all monkeys - six million monkeys.

    Vittoria: But if you like it there, they must be charming monkeys.

  • Woman at the Borsa: Got any tips?

    Vittoria's Mother: Yeah, but I keep them to myself.

    [Talking to herself]

    Vittoria's Mother: She's a jinx. Worse than a rattlesnake.