A tone poem set in a soulless and stifling industrial landscape, Red Desert focuses on an electrical engineer’s wife (Monica Vitti) who has an affair with her husband’s best friend (Richard Harris) just to maintain some human contact.
Italy/France, 1964, Michelangelo Antonioni
Antonioni’s first color feature, gorgeous to behold, found the Italian maestro painting and dyeing grass, trees, sand, buildings, fruit, and hair to enhance his film’s mood and complement his characters’ neuroses. A tone poem set in a soulless and stifling industrial landscape, Red Desert focuses on an electrical engineer’s wife (Antonioni’s frequent muse Monica Vitti) who has an affair with her husband’s best friend (Richard Harris) just to maintain some human contact. “Perhaps the most extraordinary and riveting film of Antonioni’s entire career…An aesthetic feast.” –Time Out Film Guide. Subtitles. 35mm. 117 min. Special admission $13; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, and those age 25 & under $10. No passes or twofers.
Special admission $13; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, and those age 25 & under $10.
No passes or twofers.
Advance tickets advised.
Important Covid requirement. All Cinematheque moviegoers must wear a mask for the duration of their visit. Learn more under the “Face Coverings” section at cia.edu/covid. As a reminder, filmgoers can park for free in Lot 73 and in the Institute’s annex lot and should enter CIA via nearby Entrance C. Click here for a map.
2022/05/26 - 2022/05/27
The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
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