Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni1962 Drama
Not Rated
*****
After finally getting through all of Antonioni's "alienation" trilogy (L'avventura, La notte and this film) I am happy to say that L'eclisse is far and away the best of the three. Monica Vitti is great as usual, and anyone who thinks Alain Delon only plays variations on his character in Le Samourai will see otherwise. The story focuses on a woman who has recently left her fiance and starts (or at least attempts to) an affair with another man. Obviously, the themes explored in the previous two films, such as isolation, loneliness and alienation are explored, sometimes a little too obviously, but overall this is an absolutely brilliant film that stands with the best foreign films of the 60s.
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