Monica Vitti really made her brow furrowed and her chest locked as Victoria came alive, especially after she got off the helicopter, she walked to the tavern by herself, and treated the people who approached him with a smile and an emotional expression of refusal . Alain Delon in this movie feels younger than in "Lone Killer" and "Red Circle", not young in age, but young in performance.
In Antonioni's shot, there are gauze curtains blown by the wind, water from leaking buckets, water dripping from leaves... all of these make black and white images come alive. After Pierrot and Victoria agreed to meet each night and every day thereafter, Victoria disappeared into the street. In the later shots, the carriage drives through the construction site where the two meet on a date at the same time, and the woman also appears on the road with a stroller, which means that Pierrot and Victoria met at this time the day before. Then the street lights came on, the night gradually got dark, and the agreed 8 o'clock was about to come. Whether the two will meet again is unknown.
The composition of the image is also exquisite, and two of them are particularly impressive. The first is in the stock exchange. The woman in cat-eye glasses is looking forward thoughtfully, while the focus of the lens is on the skin behind her. Herrault, the reflection on the woman's lenses made her emotions unclear, but instead highlighted Pierrot's current anxious and disturbed emotions. The other is that the man who lost 50 million lire walked out of the porch of the stock exchange. The camera was aimed at Pierrot and Victoria who were shaking hands behind the man. The man just walked out of the frame of the camera, and the feeling of sadness was distressing.
Not sure if Antonioni is using the stock exchange to show the big picture - capitalism sweeping the world. Under capitalism, everyone covets his own interests. After losing 10 million, Victoria's mother told Victoria that it would be good if she was still with her ex-boyfriend. Pierrot lost his life after the car thieves drove Pierrot's car into the river. Pierrot and Victoria describe how their car needs to be serviced, but don't mention car thieves. Victoria immediately asked him if you only care about cars? It is also speculated that Victoria feels that she does not love Pierrot enough because of different values, because she is an extreme romantic, and she also thinks that it is impossible for her to get married. After finally leaving Pierrot's office, she was sitting on the stairs, waiting for Pierrot to catch up and tell herself that she didn't want to be separated from her for a moment? And Antonioni, did he also use Victoria's mouth to announce his "extremely romantic" declaration of love?
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