Piers Handling on L'AVVENTURA | TIFF 2018

Our Antonioni retrospective kicks off with this special talk from TIFF Director & CEO Piers Handling, in which he offers an overview of the acclaimed Italian filmmaker's oeuvre and its influence on art cinema.

[@zantigar]

Superb introduction from Mr. Handling!

[@Mmxxaamm]

Please upload more from this, thanks for sharing!

[@tommaccammon7158]

Thank You VERY much for posting this - I was feeling sick and could not make it!

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[@jeffsmith1798]

Thank you for this presentation. Excellent analysis.

[@a34rwl]

Get on with it!

[@PaulSch0]

Who are the filmmaker’s shouted out at 2:37?

[@jonah19841012]

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

[@FRISBEEEE]

Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhangke are two I could make out. Both extremely accomplish directors, presumably inspired by L'Avventura.

[@stamatisgiallolover9713]

@@FRISBEEEE Also Teo Angelopoulos, a great Greek filmmaker.

[@tomislavcehajic9642]

La notte is by far best in trilogy

[@egorovvladimir7304]

For you. For me it's Lavventura.