L-eclisse.1962.1080p.criterion.bluray.dts.x264-...
The film begins with an ending: Vittoria breaks up with her lover, Riccardo. This sets the tone for the entire film. The central romance between Vittoria and Piero is not a journey toward union, but a study of incompatibility. They are two people passing like ships in the night—Vittoria yearns for an indescribable emotional depth, while Piero is entirely surface-level, obsessed with the volatility of the stock market.
Halfway through the movie, Elias paused the playback. The frame froze on a shot of a water tower, a geometric shape standing indifferent against a pale sky. He looked out his own window. The streetlights were flickering on. People were walking dogs, checking phones, existing in the same "eclipse" of connection that Antonioni had captured sixty years prior. L-Eclisse.1962.1080p.Criterion.Bluray.DTS.x264-...
L'Eclisse by Michelangelo Antonioni 1962 - Giselle daydreams The film begins with an ending: Vittoria breaks
: A restless young woman (Vitti) ends a long affair and begins a tentative, often cold romance with a materialistic stockbroker (Delon). They are two people passing like ships in
This article dissects why the 1080p Criterion Blu-ray encode (specifically the DTS x264 rip) is the definitive way to experience Antonioni’s haunting meditation on modernity, alienation, and the end of romance.
