Claudia's 9 Dresses - Isn't Elegance a Kind of Indifference?, Reivew on L'Avventura

"Adventures" is one of those movies where you feel like it's coming to an end and pray that it will end slowly.

143 minutes, elegant, hopelessly elegant.

Ambience, tone, composition, sets, photography, soundtrack, costumes… it’s all.

Slowly, even somewhat aimlessly. When watching this film, the feeling is like floating on the calm sea under the sun, relaxing, free, and feeling that the end will not come.

Looking for Anna? It seems to gradually become an excuse, a kind of "look", except for Anna's father who briefly appeared on the scene, who really cares?

Both ironic and funny, it is Claudia and Sandro who are looking for Anna, and it is also Claudia and Sandro who are afraid of Anna.

Crying yesterday, laughing today; unfamiliar yesterday, lingering today; fiery yesterday, betrayal today... Feeling so erratic, joys and sorrows so easy is called human nature.

Sometimes being infatuated with a movie is very similar to being infatuated with a person. There are many reasons, which can be listed with 1234, but the reason why I don't want to do this is to keep a little bit of mystery, a little bit unspeakable, that foggy feeling is very beautiful, So do not bear to destroy.

"Adventures" provides a kind of enjoyment, enjoying the atmosphere of the movie itself, as well as the atmosphere of the aftertaste of the movie, like the aftertaste of perfume, the residual warmth of letting go.

That's why I call Michelangelo Antonioni's film aesthetics "atmospheric aesthetics", which seems illusory, but in fact requires countless details to support it.

The details here are - Claudia's (Monica Vitti) dress.

Michelangelo Antonioni really loved Monica Vitti, and sometimes you even thought he was fondling her through the camera. Probably at that time it was the time when the two of them were in love with each other.

Claudia isn't exactly a stunner, but she has a delicate but unpretentious beauty.

First appearance, with a thin pullover and a plaid skirt, quite satisfactory

The spontaneity of the shirt and the nakedness of the swimsuit gradually began to exude a "protagonist"

Big backless swimsuit, different kind of sexy

Long shirt-style striped skirt, no "curves", like her casual mood at the seaside

Put on a thick coat, you need to protect yourself when you are vulnerable

The old clothes given by the missing friend Anna were worn with a sad temperament.

Away from the beach, her life seems to be back on track

Before participating in the PARTY, a little black dress, trying to restore the vitality of the past

Reunion, formal suits, but "formal" restraint can't suppress lust

The bird of love has come, and the flowers and branches of love are trembling

Silk nightdress, Claudia is also the white rich beauty of high society

Betrayal, pain, resentment... Claudia is serious

The dresses she wore in the movie are also like a landscape. Whether it is the grief of a bereaved friend or the ecstasy of love, these dresses are always so elegant.

Isn't elegance a kind of indifference?

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