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DESCRIPTION:Introduced by John MacKay\, Yale University \n\n  \n\nPeople of
  the Po Valley (Gente del Po) \n\n1943–1947\, 9 mins. Antonioni’s first fi
 lm depicts the life of fishermen in Porto Tolle\, on the River Po. “My onl
 y presumption: to have opened the road to neorealism. It was 1943. Viscont
 i was filming Ossessione on the Po\, and near the same river\, I was filmi
 ng my documentary.” \n\n\nN.U. (Nettezza urbana) \n\n1948\, 9 mins. N.U. c
 hronicles the lives of street cleaners in Rome\, with a jazz-blues soundtr
 ack by longtime collaborator Giovanni Fusco. “I attempted to realize a mon
 tage that was completely free\, poetically free\, searching for some expre
 ssive values.” \n\n\nLies of Love (L’amorosa menzogna) \n\n1949\, 10 mins.
  Antonioni depicts the emergence of a new postwar popular culture\, exempl
 ified by the fotoromanzi (photographic comic-strip novels). He follows the
  stars to the studio\, and outside when they wear their working clothes. T
 his short was the inspiration for Federico Fellini’s film The White Sheik\
 , made a few years later. \n\n\nSuperstizione \n\n1949\, 9 mins. A study o
 f the rites and beliefs in the world of superstitions. \n\n\nSeven Reeds\,
  One Suit&nbsp\; (Sette canne\, un vestito) \n\n1949\, 9 mins. Made when I
 talian fashion was establishing itself\, Antonioni’s film shows the differ
 ent stages in the process of producing rayon: from the plant\, the reed\, 
 the raw material\, and the transformations leading to the textile\, to a f
 ashion show featuring beautiful elegant gowns. \n\n\nVertigo (Vertigine) 
 \n\n1950\, 4 mins. A fragment from a tourist documentary about a famous sk
 i resort. \n\n\nThe Villa of Monsters&nbsp\; (La villa dei mostri)&nbsp\;
 \n\n	Please note\, this film will be presented with German and French subt
 itles only. \n	\n	1950\, 10 mins. Antonioni films the grotesque stone scul
 ptures in the “enchanted garden” of Bomarzo. \n	\n	\n	Return to Lisca Bian
 ca&nbsp\; (Ritorno a Lisca Bianca) \n	\n	1983\, 9 mins. Antonioni returns\
 , 24 years later\, to the sites where he filmed L’avventura. \n	\n	\n	Kumb
 ha Mela \n	\n	1989\, 18 mins. Kumbha Mela\, the most important religious c
 elebration in India\, takes place every twelve years in the sacred place w
 here the Ganges\, Yamuna\, and Saraswati Rivers converge. Invited by Indir
 a Gandhi in 1977\, Antonioni filmed the ceremonies with a 16mm Bell &amp\;
  Howell camera. \n	\n	\n	Roma \n	\n	1990\, 9 mins. This city portrait is p
 art of an anthology film made on the occasion of the soccer World Cup in I
 taly. \n	\n	\n	Noto\, Mandorli\, Vulcano\, Stromboli\, carnevale \n	\n	199
 2\, 8 mins. A study of Sicily’s baroque architecture. \n	\n	\n	Sicilia \n	
 \n	1997\, 9 mins. Antonioni explores some of the magical places on the isl
 and of Sicilia. \n	\n	\n	Free with Museum admission. \n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image
SUMMARY:Documentary Shorts by Antonioni
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