#585: ANTONIONI, Michelangelo: Identification of a Woman (1982)

ANTONIONI, Michelangelo (Italy)
Identification of a Woman [1982]
Spine #585
Blu-ray


Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman is a body- and soul-baring voyage into one man's artistic and erotic consciousness. After his wife leaves him, a film director finds himself drawn into affairs with two enigmatic women; at the same time, he searches for the right subject and actress for his next film. This spellbinding antiromance was a late-career coup for the legendary Italian filmmaker, and is renowned for its sexual explicitness and an extended scene on a fog-enshrouded highway that stands with the director's greatest set pieces.

130 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Italian
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2011
Director/Writers


Michelangelo Antonioni was 70 when he directed Identification of a Woman.
Screenplay by Antonioni and Gérard Brach.
In collaboration with Tonino Guerra.


The Extras

The Booklet

Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by critic John Powers and a 1982 interview with director Antonioni by critic Gideon Bachmann.

Commentary

None.

Theatrical trailer

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