Michelangelo Antonioni's Story of a Love Affair Cronaca di un amore Michelangelo Antonioni DVD Review Story of a Love Affair Cronaca di un amore Michelangelo Antonioni DVD Review Story of a Love Affair Cronaca di un amore Mich

(aka 'Story of a Love Affair')

Italy 1950

A rich older man's belated desire to investigate his beautiful willful young wife' mysterious past reignites old passions with tragic consequences. For those viewers who are uncertain of Antonioni's capacity to make enjoyably great films, this may be a revelation especially if you have a penchant for post-WW2 film noir with its attendant malaise and melancholia. With suitable B&W photography and accompanying musical score and boasting one of the screen's great beauties, Lucia Bose, in her prime, this film is a masterpiece.

Excerpt from prs10's review on IMdb comments located HERE.

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Theatrical Release: October 11th, 1950 - Italy

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DVD Review: NoShame Films (2-disc) - Region 0 - NTSC

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Runtime	1:38:03
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 7.18 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0), DUB: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles	English, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: NoShame Films Aspect Ratio: Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Edition Details: • Story of a Peculiar Night - the screening of the restored print in Rome, featuring director Michelangelo Antonioni and interviews with various film business people • Identification of a Masterpiece - with assistant director Francesco (Citto) Maselli, film critics Tullio Kezich and Edoardo Bruno (114 Mins.) • Restoring a Masterpiece - interviews with cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno and post-production technicians (6 Mins.) • Poster & Still Gallery • Collectible Booklet - including Antonioni's bio, two original interviews with Antonioni and an essay by Giuseppe Rotunno on the restoration of the film. DVD Release Date: June 28th, 2005 Double Slim Keep Case Chapters: 12

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Although a step-up for NoShame Films from their other non-converted PAL - NTSC DVDs, this is not quite perfect. A very minor amount of combing is evident in "Forced Weave" mode indicating to us it was not transferred progressively (each frame individually), but on the positive - it is still a decent transfer regardless that it is from a PAL source. There is very minor damage and flickering contrast but still has a strong filmic appearance. A truly wasted (and poor) English audio DUB is included as an option but we recommend immediately dismissing it as the original Italian mono is fine aside from a few brief crackles. Subtitles seem competent with a few absentee background spots. The extras are, for the most part, great - although the screening in Rome seemed to drag on a bit. I suspect these extras as being from the Italian edition, but it doesn't really matter - and they have optional English subtitles.

The film certainly has enough Noir elements to rank it in that genre and what a bonus to own Antonioni's first feature film on DVD! We strongly recommend. I anxiously await more from NoShame Films!

Gary W. Tooze

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That Bowling Alley on the Tiber: Tales of a Director by Michelangelo Antonioni	Antonioni, Or, the Surface of the World by Seymour Chatman	My Time With Antonioni: The Diary of an Extraordinary Experience by Wim Wenders, Michael Hofmann	Antonioni: The Poet of Images by William Arrowsmith, Ted Perry	Antonioni by Sam Rohdie	The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni (Cambridge Film Classics) by Peter Brunette, Ray Carney	Michelangelo Antonioni by Seymour Chatman, Paul Duncan	L'Avventura (B.F.I. Film Classics) by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

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