This film gained him international recognition and set him up for his next piece, which is arguably one of his best. ... Its surface flow of images dazzles the viewer with sharp contrasts of black and white, startling eruptions from off screen, unexpected changes of scene, and a virtuoso display of all the possibilities and effects of camera movement.  ... La signora senza camelie (Camille without Camellias, 1953) concerns the rise and fall of a young movie star. ... "For one thing, Antonioni used the sequence shot in L'Avenntura to equate film time with real time: every scene in the fi...

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