{"id":311902,"date":"2026-05-28T04:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311902\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:32:12","slug":"antonionis-1960-film-classic-lavventura-to-screen-tuesday-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311902\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonioni\u2019s 1960 film classic L’avventura to screen Tuesday in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Italian film classic L\u2019Avventura is about the disappearance of a young woman (Lea Massari) during a boating trip in the Mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her. Credit: \u00a9 1960 Cino del Duca<\/p>\n

Despite the major roadblocks it faced, many scholars consider Michelangelo Antonioni\u2019s L\u2019avventura (1960) one of the greatest films ever made.<\/p>\n

San Antonio film buffs can see what the fuss is all about this week during a big-screen showing of the classic as party of Texas Public Radio\u2019s Cinema Tuesdays series.<\/p>\n

Conceived as a love triangle between three wealthy Italians, reality soon overcame the film\u2019s original context. Stranded on a rat-infested beach in the Aeolian Islands, hobbled by bankruptcy, inhospitable weather, lack of transportation and a dwindling food supply, Antonioni\u2019s film could have easily been scrapped in favor of a hot meal. <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, a cast and crew of 50 managed to create something extraordinary: a film with a syntax defined by atypical pacing that favors tone and character development over conventional narrative constructs. <\/p>\n

$12 and up, 7:30 pm.-10 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, Alamo Drafthouse Park North, 618 Northwest Loop 410, (210) 614-8977, tpr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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