Description:

The conclusion of Michelangelo Antonioni's informal trilogy on modern malaise, which began in L'avventura, L'eclisse (The Eclipse) tells the story of a young woman (Monica Vitti) who leaves one lover (Francisco Rabal) only to drift into a relationship with another (Alain Delon). Using the architecture of Rome as a backdrop for the couples doomed affair, Antonioni reaches the apothesis of his modernist style, returning to his favorite themes; alienation and the difficulty of finding connections in an increasingly merchandized world.

Special Features:

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer
• Audio commentary by film scholar Richard Peņa, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center
• Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema, a 56-minute documentary exploring the director's life and career
• The Sickness of Eros, a new video piece about Antonioni and L'eclisse, featuring Italian film critic Adriano Apra and longtime Antonioni friend Carlo di Carlo
• New and imporived English subtitle translation