L'Avventura, L'Eclisse, and Il Grido

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L'Avventura (1960) and L'Eclisse (1962)


These movies are about intersections.

Some intersections have people
shuffling through, exuding passion, disappointment, confusion or
just sitting in a cafe, doodling, taking up space

some intersections are "empty."

The camera follows
some people, not others.
The camera lingers
on a corner after a "scene" is over.

What are we looking at?
What do we WANT
the camera to do?

To go there, or...
--there...or--

anywhere!-- but here.



What if the camera doesn't comply?


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Il Grido (1957)


This is a film about dislocation.


Woman rejects man.

Man rejects town.

Man, brooding, is handsome, and useless.

Other women want to use him.

Man runs from them.

Rootless man

runs from self.

Life is ended.

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Repeat story, for several generations.

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