{"product_id":"la-notte","title":"La Notte","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the masterworks of 1960s cinema,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa notte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Night\u003c\/em\u003e] marked yet another development in the continuous stylistic evolution of its director, Michelangelo Antonioni — even as it solidified his reputation as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa notte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Antonioni’s “Twilight of the Gods”, but composed in cinematic terms. Examined from a crane-shot, it’s a sprawling study of Italy’s upper middle-class; seen in close-up, it’s an x-ray of modern man’s psychic desolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of the giants of film-acting come together as a married couple living in crisis: Marcello Mastroianni (\u003cem\u003eLa dolce vita\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e8-1\/2\u003c\/em\u003e) and Jeanne Moreau (\u003cem\u003eJules et Jim\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBay of Angels\u003c\/em\u003e). He is a renowned author and “public intellectual”; she is “the wife”. Over the course of one day and the night into which it inevitably bleeds, the pair will come to re-examine their emotional bonds, and grapple with the question of whether love and communication are even possible in a world built out of profligate idylls and sexual hysteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographed in rapturous black-and-white by the great Gianni di Venanzo (\u003cem\u003e8-1\/2\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGiulietta degli spiriti\u003c\/em\u003e),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa notte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents the beauty of seduction, then asks: “When did this occur — this seduction of Beauty?” The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Michelangelo Antonioni’s haunted odyssey for the first time ever on Blu-ray.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monorail Music","offers":[{"title":"BLU-RAY","offer_id":54777000132950,"sku":"MRM-07224","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/LaNotteBD_500px.jpg?v=1784737439","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/la-notte","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}