"L'avventura" is the start of Michaelangelo Antonioni's unofficial trilogy about modernity and its discontents. That Anna's (Lea Massari) disappearance never gets solved highlights an important point: things do not always have a purpose. Sometimes, things just happen. It is amid this cynical outlook on life that Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti) and Claudia (Monica Vitti) start up a relationship. Alienated by a world filled with excesses, they find only each other.
I can't help but wonder if "L'avventura" influenced Terry Gilliam's movies. A frequent theme in his movies is the desire to escape our overly commercialized society (as seen in "Time Bandits" and "Brazil"). Whether or not it did, this is an undeniable masterpiece. Like Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni took Italian cinema in a direction that would ensure the production of some of the greatest movies. This is one that you should see.
I can't help but wonder if "L'avventura" influenced Terry Gilliam's movies. A frequent theme in his movies is the desire to escape our overly commercialized society (as seen in "Time Bandits" and "Brazil"). Whether or not it did, this is an undeniable masterpiece. Like Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni took Italian cinema in a direction that would ensure the production of some of the greatest movies. This is one that you should see.