La Notte (Criterion Collection) - Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti (1961) (Blu-ray - 10/29/2013)

This psychologically acute, visually striking modernist work was director Michelangelo Antonioni’s follow-up to the epochal L’avventura. Marcello Mastroianni (Divorce Italian Style) and Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim) star as a novelist and his frustrated wife who, over the course of one night, confront their alienation from each other and the achingly empty bourgeois Milan circles in which they travel. Antonioni’s muse Monica Vitti (Red Desert) smolders as an industrialist’s tempting daughter. Moodily sensual cinematography and subtly expressive performances make LA NOTTE an indelible illustration of romantic and social deterioration.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

Product Details

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni
Format: Blu-ray, Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: October 29, 2013
Run Time: 122 minutes

Special Features
New digital restoration from a 4K film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with film critic Adriano Aprà and film historian Carlo di Carlo; New interview with professor Giuliana Bruno on the role of architecture in La Notte; Trailer; New english subtitle translation; Plus: a booklet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody and a 1961 article by director Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast & Crew
Marcello Mastroianni Giovanni Pontano
Jeanne Moreau Lidia
Monica Vitti Valentina Gherardini
Bernhard Wicki Tommaso
Maria Pia Luzi Patient
Rosy Mazzacurati Resy
Vincenzo Corbella Gherardina
Ugo Fortunati Cesarino
Gitt Magrini Signora Gheradina
Guido A. Marsan Fanti
Giorgio Negro Roberto
Roberta Speroni Beatrice

Technical Credits
Michelangelo Antonioni Director, Screenwriter
Ennio Flaiano Screenwriter
Giorgio Gaslini Score Composer
Tonino Guerra Screenwriter
Franco Indovina Asst. Director
Claudio Maielli Sound/Sound Designer
Eraldo Da Roma Editor
Gianni Di Venanzo Cinematographer
Piero Zuffi Production Designer, Set Decoration/Design