On episode 210 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film L'eclisse.

On episode 210 of CriterionCast, Jordan Essoe is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Arik Devens to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1961 film L’eclisse.


Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop for the doomed affair, Antonioni achieves the apotheosis of his style in this return to the theme that preoccupied him the most: the difficulty of connection in an alienating modern world.

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EPISODE LINKS

L’eclisse (1962)
L’eclisse by David Blakeslee
A Vigilance of Desire by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Amazon.com: L’eclisse

EPISODE CREDITS

Jordan Essoe (Instagram / Website)
Scott Nye (Twitter / Battleship Pretension)
David Blakeslee (Twitter / Criterion Reflections)
Arik Devens (Twitter / funfact.fm)





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