{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-vision-michelangelo-antonioni-9780226021140","title":"The Architecture of Vision: Writings and Interviews on Cinema","description":"\"A filmmaker is a man like any other; and yet his life is not the same. . . . This is, I think, a special way of being in contact with reality.\" Or so says Michelangelo Antonioni, the legendary filmmaker behind the stark landscapes and social alienation of \u003ci\u003eBlow-Up\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eL'Avventura\u003c\/i\u003e, who here reveals his idiosyncratic relationship with reality in \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough autobiographical sketches, theoretical essays, interviews, and conversations with such luminaries as Jean-Luc Godard and Alberto Moravia, this compelling volume explores the director's unique brand of narrative-defying cinema as well as the motivations and anxieties of the man behind the camera. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e provides a filmmaker's absorbing reflections and insights on his career. . . . Antonioni's comments . . . deepen and humanize a sometimes cerebral book.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Antonioni's] erudition is astonishing . . . few of his peers can match his verbal articulateness.\"--\u003ci\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This valuable resource offers entr e to material difficult to gain access to under other circumstances.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelangelo Antonioni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226021149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226021140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 6.12w x 0.91d","brand":"Michelangelo Antonioni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138393338111,"sku":"9780226021140","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4737b949-9d52-4a87-b616-c84f5768fb62.jpg?v=1687899413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-vision-michelangelo-antonioni-9780226021140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}