The Eclipse
1962 ‘L'eclisse’ Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Synopsis
L’eclisse tells the story of a young woman who leaves one lover only to drift into a relationship with another. Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop for the couple’s doomed affair, Antonioni reaches the apotheosis of his modernist style, returning to his favorite themes: alienation and the difficulty of finding connections in an increasingly mechanized world.
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"The best ending in Cinema's history", said the friend who recommended me this film. I can't disagree.
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Why It’s Essential — The conclusion of Antonioni’s loose trilogy takes a more ominous approach to his theme of disconnectedness.
Why You’ll Want to Skip It — It’s difficult to make societal malaise entertaining, and ECLIPSE may fail to engage beyond its artistic intentions.
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PERFECT.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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O melhor da trilogia.
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To have anything meaningful to say, I think I'd need to take a class on Antonioni. The compliment I can give to this movie (similar to my thoughts on L'Avventura, and, to a lesser extent, Blow-up), is that I would love to take that class. Scorsese said of this movie, that it "feels less like a story and more like a poem." Its a perfect description, and this poem is fascinating and inviting. Every shot is composed to perfection. I was left wondering what it all meant, but unlike some other movies (Last Year at Marienbad, for example) I was engaged enough to want to continue thinking about what it meant, and to pursue Antonioni as an artist with something to say.
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Beautiful photography and beautiful light as well
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in my eyes, this is the most uneven film in ANTONIONI’s filmography as it features some very exciting and intriguing scenes and sequences, but once again has the most focus-lacking screenplay.
one has to wonder if MONICA VITTI was as annoyed and bored as her character(s) seems to be.
i truly found this movie very strange, it features some very “active” scenes of stock market brokers that, at least in my eyes, made little sense with the overall picture.
i truly agree however with those who think that the final scene is overwhelming and powerful, although there came a point where i thought it went for way too long.
i will skip this film any time in the future, it is perhaps more of a random series of scenes and sequences barely related. -
Trading stocks sucked before the internet
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I saw this film in a company where we talked and had fun; I wasn't very concentrated on the film. That said, in that moment, I think everything was perfect to see this film, where plot is - as in "L'Avventura" - thrown out the window. Vitti and Delon's characters mesh somewhat, but as a whole, this seems to me a bunch of allegories and symbols. In a good way, although I was taken back by the way the film is presented. In a way, I can't wait to see it fully concentrated; in another way, I don't want to. See it.
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Really enjoyed the bookends of this movie but the filling was alittle disappointing for me.Monica Vitti is excellent in this.some of the shots are great and some cool scenes for sure.
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I liked it, but not as captivating or intense as La Notte, but it was engaging and thought provoking.
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Formally impressive to say the least, but too bleak in its view of humanity for me to get on board.