Deserto rosso, Il (1964)

Regisseur:

Michelangelo Antonioni

Drehbuchautoren:

Michelangelo Antonioni (writer) &
Tonino Guerra (writer)

Premierendatum:

8. Februar 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Cold, rain, and fog surround a plant in Ravenna. Factory waste pollutes local lakes; hulking anonymous ships pass or dock and raise quarantine flags...

Plot Keywords:

Very Little Dialogue | Ship | Extramarital Affair | Sea | Imagery

Filmpreise:

4 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

Even the birds won't come near the place...

Besetzung

Monica Vitti	...	Giuliana
Richard Harris	...	Corrado Zeller
Carlo Chionetti	...	Ugo
Xenia Valderi	...	Linda
Rita Renoir	...	Emilia
Lili Rheims	...	Telescope operator's wife
Aldo Grotti	...	Max
Valerio Bartoleschi	...	Giuliana's son
Emanuela Paola Carboni	...	Girl in fable
Bruno Borghi
Beppe Conti
Julio Cotignoli
Giovanni Lolli
Hiram Mino Madonia
Giuliano Missirini	...	Radio telescope operator

Alternativ:

Désert rouge, Le (France)
The Red Desert (UK)
Rote Wüste, Die (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

120 Min

Produktionsland:

Italy | France

Sprache:

Italienisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Italy:VM14 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 (video rating) (1995) | UK:X (original rating)

Drehorte:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Firma:

Film Duemila

Dies und das:

David Hemmings claims in his autobiography that Richard Harris was kicked off the film after he punched Antonioni and that the scenes that were still to be completed were done with another actor who was photographed from behind. Hemmings was apparently told this when Harris warned him about Antonioni when Hemmings was working on Blowup (1966).

Dialogzitate:

Giuliana: I feel my eyes tearing up. What should I do with my eyes? What should I watch?
Corrado Zeller: You ask what you should watch. I ask how I should live. It's the same thing.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Nostalghia (1983)

Even the birds won't come near the place...

"Red Desert" (Italian, 1964): Michelangelo Antonioni made this film prior to "Blow Up", but you can see where he was headed. "Red Desert" is about a deeply troubled, beautiful woman who seems to have it all – including a stable, handsome husband, a precocious son, and fun, sexy friends. Yes, she DOES live in an industrial wasteland managed by her spouse… True, even the birds know better than to fly anywhere near this area of floating and flowing poisons, but she has larger concerns. "Red Desert" is wonderfully symbolic (the title will make sense later in the film), and illustrates confused, tortured states of mind with landscapes & sets, not to mention the utterings & behavior of this woman. But, IS she insane, or, like the birds, simply failing to accept this environment? Watch the fog, architecture, room colors, lack of dialog, physical disconnects, out of focus camera, illogical gestures…listen to her stories, the sound track (which is electronic, and dated), and the random events heard that seem to have no resolution. "Red Desert" is TRULY a great film about alienation in the "modern" age.