Il deserto rosso (1964)
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Il deserto rosso (ITA 1964, Michelangelo Antonioni). Credit: Harvard Film Archive, Brandon Film Library Collection, item no. 13658. Photographs by Barbara Flueckiger.
Contemporary Reception:
Curtiss, Thomas Quinn (1964): Deserto Rosso Wins Top Prize At 25th Venice Film Festival. In: The New York Times, Sep., p. 39. View Quote
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Curtiss, Thomas Quinn (1964): Antonioni Movie hailed in Venice. Red Desert Draws Praise From Opposing Factions. In: The New York Times, Sep., p. 32. View Quote
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Production Reports:
Davis, Melton S. (1964): Most Controversial Director. In: The New York Times, Nov., p. 34, p. 104, pp. 106–107, pp. 109–110, p. 112 and p. 114, on p. 34 and on p. 104 View Quote and on p. 112 and on p. 114 View Quote.
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Selected Analyses:
Davis, Melton S. (1964): Most Controversial Director. In: The New York Times, Nov., p. 34, p. 104, pp. 106–107, pp. 109–110, p. 112 and p. 114, on p. 109 View Quote and on p. 114. View Quote
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Everett, Wendy (2009): Colour in Cinema. A Musical Phenomenon? In: Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard (ed.): Cinéma et couleur. Paris: M. Houdiard, pp. 347–357, on pp. 351–352. View Quote
Jacobs, Lewis (1970): The Mobility of Color. In: Lewis Jacobs (ed.): The Movies as Medium. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pp. 189–196, on pp. 194–196. View Quote
Pierotti, Federico (2012): La seduzione dello spettro. Storia e cultura del colore nel cinema. Genova: Le Mani-Microart, on pp. 231–242. (in Italian) View Quote
Pierotti, Federico (2016): Un’archeologia del colore nel cinema italiano. Dal Technicolor ad Antonioni. Pisa: Edizioni ETS, on pp. 200–206 View Quote and on pp. 207–208. (in Italian) View Quote