‘Il Grido’ Announced Antonioni’s Arrival as Artist, More Than Just Director
Cineastes seeking a bleak but potent example of European art cinema as the days get darker earlier would be hard-pressed to choose any better.

A few years before Michelangelo Antonioni had his breakout international success with “L’Avventura” (1960), the great Italian director released his fifth feature, “Il Grido,” a sad, soulful film marked by characteristics for which he would come to be praised and disdained. In the first 15 minutes alone, there are several Antonioni hallmarks: characters doing a lot of walking, desolate landscapes, and a troubled conversation between a man and a woman.
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