Dear Robert:
I agree with you. Permit me to add some amplifiers.
>Moreau suppsedly hated MA
I wish I did not know anything about Moreau. I dare define a great director
by Moreau hating him.
She starred in the 1994 film "Anna Karamazoff" (the title comes from Anna
Karenina meets Karaamazoff Brothers) by the great but obscure Russian
director Rustam Khamdamov. In the middle of the film's premier at Cannes
Moreau stood up and left uttering "merde"...
After the premier, the producer, Serge Silberman, locked the film in his
Paris safe, for Khamdamov never accepted orders from Soviet government nor
from his French producer (Silberman demanded that Khamdamov substantially
shorten the film). In disbelief I found a video copy of this film in Moscow
in 1999.
> It's almost unbelievable, when you consider
> it, that Antonioni actually surpassed himself with his following film,
> ``L'Eclisse.'' What an amazing period that was....
Yes, the entire run from "Il Grido" (1957) till "Profession: Reporter" was
unparalleled in history of cinema.
Curiously, Bergman preferred "La Notte" to both "L'Avventura" and
"L'Eclisse". For him acting was most important, and Bergman preferred Moreau
to Vitti.
Sure, Moreau was a better actress -- but acting was for Antonioni not of as
critical importance as it was for a much more theatrically inclined Bergman.
I too prefer "L'Eclisse", by far.
Sincerely,
Alexander Soifer
|