La Notte (1961)
- Original title
- La notte
- Directed by
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 743 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A disillusioned novelist and his alienated wife spend a single day and night drifting through social circles in Milan. The film follows their emotional distance and the emptiness of their relationship.
slow-burnmelancholicalienatingintrospectivequietrestlesssomberatmospheric
What happens
La Notte ([la ˈnɔtte]; English: "The Night") is a 1961 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti. Filmed on location in Milan, the film depicts a single day and night in the lives of a disillusioned novelist (Mastroianni) and his alienated wife (Moreau) as they move through various social circles. The film continues Antonioni's technique of abandoning traditional storytelling in favor of visual composition, atmosphere, and mood. Grossing 470 million lire and receiving widespread critical acclaim for its exploration of modernist themes of isolation, alienation and emotional detachment. La Notte received the Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. The film also earned Antonioni the 1961 David di Donatello Award for Best Director. Although selected as the Italian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, it was not nominated. La Notte is considered the central film of a trilogy called "Trilogy Of Incommunicability", beginning with L'Avventura (1960) and ending with L'Eclisse (1962). It was one of Stanley Kubrick's 10 favorite films, received 4 votes from critics and 6 votes from directors in the 2012 Sight & Sound greatest films poll, and ranked as the 52nd greatest film of all time in the 2022 director's poll with 12 votes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Il Grido (1957)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.