Monica Vitti & The Colours Brown & Green
The colour brown pervades so many scenes in "Red Desert" (1964), a striking counterpoint to the splashes of vivid colour the director seemingly delights in offering. Brown and grey are the landscapes of the industrial - the prosaic forms which contrast to the poetic lighter colours.
Monica Vitti in the striking green coat is reminiscent of what Spielberg did some thirty years later in "Schindler's List" with the red coat of the girl in a black & white film. But here the visual impact of the coat is even more striking which is remarkable when it is a colour film, the first colour film the director made.
Just makes you realise what a genius Michelangelo Antonioni was.
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Cast & Crew
Director:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers:
Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
Cinematography:
Carlo Di Palma
Initial release:
October 29, 1964 (France, Italy)
Cast:
Monica Vitti ...
Giuliana
Richard Harris ...
Corrado Zeller
Carlo Chionetti
Ugo
Xenia Valderi ...
Linda
Rita Renoir ...
Emilia
Lili Rheims ...
Telescope operator's wife
Aldo Grotti ...
Max
Valerio Bartoleschi ...
Giuliana's son
Emanuela Paola Carboni ...
Girl in fable
Bruno Borghi
Beppe Conti
Julio Cotignoli
Giovanni Lolli
Hiram Mino Madonia
Giuliano Missirini ...
Radio telescope operator
Filming Locations:
Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Sardinia, Italy
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