Red Desert (1964)

Connoisseur Video Collection | Release Date: September 2, 2011

7.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

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lasttimeisawMar 19, 2015

I have hitherto watched 7 and ⅓ of Antonioni’s films, the ⅓ is referred to EROS (2004, 6/10), so I think I may entitle to attest that it does take time to appreciate his oeuvre and subdue the often wayward elusiveness in his storytelling.I have hitherto watched 7 and ⅓ of Antonioni’s films, the ⅓ is referred to EROS (2004, 6/10), so I think I may entitle to attest that it does take time to appreciate his oeuvre and subdue the often wayward elusiveness in his storytelling.

RED DESERT is prominent because it is Antonioni’s first colour feature, and remarkably the first one has already been able to stun the world with its unique palette aesthetics, with “Red” in the title, one might assume the film would be a torrid emotional roller-coaster with desire and energy, but what the film actually presents is the consuming mental malady in the budding industrialism, set in Ravenna, our protagonist is Giuliana (Antonioni’s regular muse Vitti), a married woman with a proclivity of mental unstableness due to an accident which never be disclosed to viewers. Her husband Ugo (Chionetti) is the manager of a petrol-chemical plant, so she often wanders in the drab surroundings with her son (Bartoleschi).

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jameslucasutleySep 26, 2015

Bare long shots and mist-filled frames give insight into the protagonist's alienation from the workings of her modern industrial environment. Michelangelo Antonioni is a genius filmmaker; he understands the art form greatly, and it shows in his work.

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