The passenger film 1975

I have just modified 2 external links on the passenger 1975 film. Reporter is a haunting examination of the desire to escape and start afresh and is without doubt. In the passenger, one man becomes another and then both evaporate. Trailer for michelangelo antonionis film starring jack nicholson, maria schneider, ian hendry, charles mulvehill, jenny runacre, steven. Watch the passenger 1975 movie trailer instantly, no need to login. Reporter, arguably one of the italian directors greatest masterpieces. Scarica the passenger in superba video, acquisire the passenger in server rapida. The directors 1975 film, starring jack nicholson, is rereleased.

Antonioni analyses the passengers much celebrated climactic sequence original theatrical trailer image gallery. Earlier antonioni films have often seemed studied, but not this one. Shot on location, the protagonist goes on a lifechanging journey through africa, spain, germany and england. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information.

The passenger 1975 michelangelo antonioni synopsis. Stanley kubrick stanley kubricks lengthy tale the tragic exploits of a scheming irish rogue named redmond barry ryan oneal to enter the 18th century aristocracy by marrying a rich widow, captured the oscar for best cinematography. But with his next feature fiction film production, the passenger 1975, the writerdirector turned away from the political and returned to the philosophical existential themes that had driven such. Antonionis the passenger is almost a masterpiece financial times.

Michelangelo antonionis 1975 film the passenger has a new theatrical release starting this friday, january 4, in select cinemas across the. Its a major production effect tastefully done, even if it mainly provides film buffs with a peg on which to hang worshipful conversations about the remarkable mr. The mckenzie break 1970 get carter 1971 all coppers are. The film was shot on location and takes nicholson on an incredible originally released in 1975, the passenger is, on the simplest level, a suspense story about a man trying to escape his own life. The passenger was released in 1975 on wednesday, april 9, 1975 united states april 9, 1975 united states november 4. The passenger ends with a familiar art film flourish, a final long take that lasts six minutes and 33 seconds and wraps up the show on an acceptably ethereal note. The passenger 1975 directed by michelangelo antonioni. Africa, england, germany, and spain are the subjects here, illuminated to reflect questions of mortality and the loss of individuation with the need to overcome oneself. After the relatively modest results from zabriskie point 1970, even michelangelo antonionis loyal fans may have wondered if his powers of artistic expression were in permanent decline. Costarring maria schneider, the passenger was the final film in antonionis threepicture deal with producer ca. If the passenger became a driver, could he or she handle all the metaphorical responsibilities that go with it. Michelangelo antonioni the film starts in algeria which doubled for chad and ends in vera, spain which doubled for osuna.

Michelangelo antonioni, the films director, discusses the passenger in an archival interview conducted at the 1975 cannes film festival antonioni on cinema 1975, 5 mins. The penultimate shot of michelangelo antonionis the passenger 1975. An emotionally burnt out journalist jack nicholson attempts to escape his own existence by exchanging identities with a dead arms dealer. Nicholson plays david locke, a disillusioned american. A frustrated war correspondent, unable to find the war hes been asked to cover, takes the risky path of coopting the identity of a. Michelangelo antonioni, the films director, discusses the passenger in an archival interview conducted at the 1975 cannes film festival. He hires a boy to lead him out into the wilderness, and then a man appears to lead him further still and abandon him. This 1975 film of antonionis has, for the most part, assumed an important place in his oeuvre. Watch the passenger 1975 full movie streaming youtube. The mutual admiration between actor jack nicholson and director michelangelo antonioni resulted in the psychological drama the passenger.

Although involved in italian cinema since the 1930s, antonioni was 38 when he made his feature debut, story of a. A television reporter on location in africa swaps identities with a dead man, hoping that his new life will be more interesting than his old one was. The passenger 1975 stream and watch online moviefone. The passenger spotlights an outstanding and understated performance from jack nicholson and masterful direction by michelangelo antonioni, and was the final film of a threepicture agreement between him and mgm, following blowup 1966 and zabriskie point 1970. This lucid essay by us academic theodore price, now retired, was originally published under the. Nicholson plays david locke, a disillusioned american reporter who is sent on a grueling mission to north africa.

The passenger is a 1975 drama neo noir art film directed by michelangelo antonioni. This haunting film is a portrait of a drained journalist, played by jack nicholson, whose deliverance is an identity exchange with a dead man. The passenger 1975 regarder par jack nicholson, maria schneider, jenny runacre, ian hendry. Released 1975, the passenger stars jack nicholson, maria schneider, jenny runacre, ian hendry the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of 90 out of 100 on. To mark the occasion, senses of cinema reprints an article on the film originally published in 1979. Film genres, title, year, country, length, director, description. Michelangelo antonionis the passenger returns to u. Written by mark peploe, peter wollen and antonioni, the film is about an angloamerican journalist, david locke who assumes the identity of a dead businessman while working on a documentary in chad, unaware that he is impersonating an arms dealer with connections to the rebels in the current civil war.

Reporter, 1975, in spain, germany, london and algeria. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. The passenger does that, as does blowup and the aforementioned trilogy. So far this post only covers the london, munich and. The comparison has to be with painting, but also with a novelists ability to describe both a. That question is central to michelangelo antonionis rereleased the passenger 1975 and the answer provides a sobering glimpse into the souls of the contenders who foolishly wish for that second chance, that empty stretch of road, and dont. Written by mark peploe, peter wollen and antonioni, the film is about an angloamerican journalist, david locke jack nicholson who assumes the identity of a dead businessman while working on a documentary in chad, unaware that he is impersonating an arms dealer with connections to the rebels in the. The passenger 1975 begins with a man in a north african village surrounded by desert. The passenger 1975 david locke jack nicholson is a worldweary american journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern africa, but he makes little progress with the story. A vailable mainly on atrocious panandscan vhs for the last 20 years, michelangelo antonionis 1975 the passenger finally sees the bigscreen light of day at this years 43rd new york film festival with an ensuing theatrical run in new york city scheduled for later in the month, its mesmerizing intensity fully restored in the directors preferred 126minute cut.

Rent the passenger 1975 starring jack nicholson and maria schneider on dvd and bluray. The passenger is a 1975 film directed by michelangelo antonioni. The passenger is a drama thriller from 1975 in which a disillusioned journalist swaps identities with a dead man. Antonioni is seemingly not inconvenienced with a conventional story structure to a great extent but is. Rent the passenger 1975 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Antonioni resulted in the psychological drama the passenger. When he stumbles across the body of a dead man, locke, long desirous of starting life over again, assumes the corpses. So, 30 years after it first arrived in theaters, michelangelo antonionis minor neorealist masterpiece the passenger 1975 is enjoying a limited. It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. David locke jack nicholson is a frustrated and disillusioned war correspondent and tv journalist who is in africa to cover a civil war, unable to find the war hes been asked to. Everything you need to know about the passenger movie 1975. Kronos vampire hunter 74 the internecine project 1974 the passenger 1975 intimate games 1976 damien omen ii 1978 the bitch 1979 television.

The passenger british board of film classification. Jack nicholson, maria schneider, jenny runacre anul. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The passenger 1975, starring jack nicholson and maria schneider, is the first of antonionis films to take place in multiple countries. Film locations for michelangelo antonionis the passenger professione. Almost ten years after the heady successes of blowup 1966, revered italian director michelangelo antonioni found himself in the north african desert with jack nicholson and maria schneider, shooting a strange, lyrical, flawed yet beautiful loversontherun film. On set and promotional photography new and improved english. Michelangelo antonionis 1975 film was hailed as a return to form for the auteur. A frustrated war correspondent, unable to find the war hes been asked to cover, takes the risky path of coopting the identity of a dead arms dealer acquaintance. Antonionis greatest film, takes place more than a decade after lavventura, and while it features a new cast of characters passing through different locations. The passenger is a film directed by michelangelo antonioni with jack nicholson, maria schneider, jenny runacre, ian hendry, year. The passenger directed by michelangelo antonioni 1975, 12, sony home entertainment.