“There was a silence different from all other silences, an ashen light, and then darkness – total stillness. I thought that during an eclipse even our feelings stop. Out of this came part of the idea for L'eclisse.”L'eclisse [The Eclipse] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
Mar
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natural phenomena
Vitti's blond hair shifts in front of Delon's dark coupe, quietly mimicking the eclipse. DP: Gianni Di Venanzo.
A natural phenomenon for this year's March equinox, three supermoons, and the March 25 solar eclipse.
– Michelangelo Antonioni talking about experiencing a solar eclipse, possibly the total eclipse of 1961 which showed up in the film Barabbas (1961).
During several moments in the film, the main characters' mannerisms foreshadow the looming solar eclipse.