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“Stunningly photographed and agonizingly acted.”
— J. Hoberman
MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI’S
FIRST MASTERPIECE
IL GRIDO
NEW 4K RESTORATION
NOVEMBER 8 - 14 AT FILM FORUM
IL GRIDO (1957), the widely underseen early masterwork by Italian auteur Michelangelo Antonioni, will run at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration from Friday, November 8 through Thursday, November 14.
Deserted by the mother of his child, Aldo, a factory worker (played by Hollywood tough guy Steve Cochran) wanders through the Po Valley in search of solace and connection. His romantic prospects—including a gas-station owner (Dorian Gray), a sex worker (Lyn Shaw), and an old girlfriend (Betsy Blair, Oscar nominee for the prior year’s Marty and Mrs. Gene Kelly)—fizzle out into alienation and despair.
Made three years before his international breakthrough L’avventura, this rare departure from exploring affluent society is among Antonioni’s most politically trenchant films and a raw expression of anguish that remains one of Italian cinema’s great underappreciated gems. Strikingly composed with atmospheric photography by the great Gianni Di Venanzo, IL GRIDO reveals a director in the process of discovering his artistic signature.
IN-THEATER PRESS SCREENING:
Wednesday, October 30 at 10:00AM
at Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street
RSVP to janusfilms@cineticmedia.com
"The camera's spare, stunning compositions and the tone of loss and disaffection anticipate Antonioni's later, brilliant explorations of bourgeois anomie."
– Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice
“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.”
– Keith Phipps, AV Club
"Antonioni has captured fog-filled landscapes that underline the somber mood of his tale…Steve Cochran, temporarily an expatriate from Hollywood for IL GRIDO, is remarkably sensitive... Italy's Alida Valli, known here for such fine films as The Third Man and The Paradine Case, is excellent as the tortured light of his life.”
– A.H. Weiler, The New York Times
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, Ennio De Concini
Produced by Franco Cancellieri
Starring Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair, Dorian Gray
Cinematography by Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma
Music by Giovanni Fusco
1957 | Italy | 116 minutes
4K Restoration | Janus Films
Restored by The Film Foundation and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with Compass Film. Funded by Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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