Il Grido
Part of the BAMcinématek series 1962: New York Film Critics Circle
Mon, Nov 9 at 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
With Steve Cochran, Alida Valli
(1957) 116min
One of Antonioni’s most accessible and traditionally Italian films, Il Grido portrays a mechanic who, stunned by his lover’s refusal of marriage, takes to wandering the Po Valley on foot. Antonioni explores the industrialization of rural Italy and draws parallels between the decaying landscape and his helplessly inarticulate protagonist.
The Onion AV Club on Il Grido
"If Antonioni's assuredness isn't yet in place, Il Grido remains a key transitional work, with remarkable photography, fluid camerawork, and a typically unforgettable finale ranking among its most notable virtues." More