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The second feature film by cinema master Michelangelo Antonioni La signora senza camelie The expanded the expressive palette of contemporary Italian movies demonstrating that a personal vision could take an explicitly poetic tack; that seriousness = neo-realism was perhaps already turning into something of a truism; and that Antonioni would answer to no-one but himself. It's the story of a shopclerk named Clara (played by the captivating Lucia Bosé also of Antonioni's brilliant debut feature Cronaca di un amore) who finds a chance casting in a small movie role develop into a full-blown career as screen-siren. Tension erupts when her husband can no longer tolerate watching her frivolous cinema escapades and pushes her into a serious artistic production of the life of Joan of Arc... whereupon she is castigated by the critical establishment. A riveting 'behind-the-scenes' show-business drama La signora senza camelie explores themes that would haunt its director from L'avventura through La notte and The Passenger -- the tenuous hold of an individual on her identity and the dangers inherent to performance in life and on-screen. Special Features Beautiful new transfer of the film in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio presented in a 1080p AVC encode on the Blu-ray A new and exclusive video introduction to the film with critic and teacher Gabe Klinger A new and exclusive video featuring Gabe Klinger discussing Antonioni in the context of the Italian production system of the 1950s Optional English subtitles A lengthy booklet containing newly translated critical pieces about the film excerpts of interviews with Antonioni and a lengthy debate between Antonioni and critic Luigi Chiarini on the subject of the film.
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