winning the title seemed unclear at first because the film had serious issues with breaking the rules of standardized filmmaking. For example having his actors enter the scene from opposite directions from where the came the shot before. However L’Avventura is a whole other world of its own. The title translates to English as “The Adventure” and indeed that’s what it is. The movie is relaxing to watch thanks to the scenery, but it’s slow and a bit boring. The film is over two hours long (2:20 or
L’Avventura focuses on a group of mostly wealthy, bored and spoiled young adults; none of whom have fulfilling relationships, jobs, or general purpose in their lives. This is the perfect class of people that represent living an existential life. The first character introduced is Anna, a young woman who is in a constant state of existential angst. She is a disoriented individual who does not understand the world or her purpose on it. Antonioni uses couples in the film to explore issues of gender dynamics
talent throughout the globe existed. In France, Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette, and Resnais all directed their first films, thus establishing the French New Wave. In Italy, Fellini created the elegant La Dolce Vita, and Antonioni gave us L’avventura. Most importantly, though, in America, famed British director Alfred Hitchcock gave us the classic thriller North by Northwest, the father of the modern action film. Throughout the history of filmmaking, many different genres have thrived such as