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Cino del Duca
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Featuring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams, Dorothy De Poliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli
A girl mysteriously disappears on a yachting trip. While her lover and her best friend search for her across Italy, they begin an affair. Antonioni's penetrating study of the idle upper class offers stinging observations on spiritual isolation and the many meanings of love. Criterion is proud to present this milestone of film grammar in a new Special Edition double-disc set.
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Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
DVD-5 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.77:1
Audio Options:
Italian Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480i/59.94
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary, Audio Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Insert, Restoration Demonstration
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Gene Youngblood
- Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials, a fifty-eight-minute documentary by Gianfranco Mingozzi from 1966
- Writings by director Michelangelo Antonioni, read by actor Jack Nicholson, plus Nicholson
- Trailer
- Restoration demonstration
- Insert featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Michelangelo Antonioni
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Release Credits
Artwork: Lucien S. Y. Yang
Producer: Johanna Schiller
Release Notes on Restoration
L'Avventura
L'avventura is presented in the aspect ratio 1.77:1, has been enhanced for widescreen televisions. This new digital transfer was created from a 35mm composite fine-grain master positive on a high-definition Spirite Datacine. The sound was mastered from a 35mm optical soundtrack. To further enhance the image, the MTI Digital Restoration System was utilized to remove thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches.