Like any Antonioni film, it probably deserves a rewatch or two. I'm not sure how each scene related to the previous or next, but I liked each one as it came along anyway. The ending is a masterpiece, apparently.

If you're after a punchy and pacey film with plenty of action this isn't for you. It can be slow even laboured at times but it's well ahead of its time and has a message that materialism and owning 'stuff' isn't top priority. Some strong performances particularly from Delon. Worth hunting out.

Great while watching. Instantly forgotten.

Bizarre. This might be a film it's best to watch alone, so that you can give it your full concentration ... there's clearly a lot more going on than I understood at first blush.

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The ending is the most intriguing part, and even then I'm not sure it really means anything. The cinematography is top notch, and it has some nice, subtle comedic moments at times. The rest unfortunately left me as bored as the boring characters.

Delon is particularly good, and although this is a welcome entry to the alienation trilogy, it's nothing to write home about. Wind serves as a eye-opener, allowing its protagonists to realise what they don't want (rather than the opposite), which is love; Greater troubling events are at hand. "L'Eclisse" is injected with a nihilistic undercurrent which has left me pretty cold and any other interpretations one can ascribe to the ending are easily dismissable. Good, yet gloomy and unfulfilling.

piero: why do you always say i don't know? to which i say: why did so many of my friends like this? i don't know.... why did they find the last seven minutes to be so fascinating? i don't know that either! my eagerness to watch this one from michelangelo antonioni was soon eclipsed.......by ennui......how long will this go on? i don't know......

Antonio'ye tum film boyunca kil kaptim. Elitist estetik anlayisina, surekli askin an yaratmaya calismasina ama bunu dramatik olarak haketmeden yapmaya cabalamasina kufurler ettim. Karakterleri cok sig buldum, insanlardan hic anlamadigini dusundum. Kismen L'avventura'da da boyleydi durum. Ama aynen L'avventura'da oldugu gibi, L'eclisse'i de oyle bir bitirdi ki, oyle inanilmaz bir son sundu ki, filme vurulmadan edemedim. Bu filmin sonu sanki proto-apichatpong.

oh Monica...

Beautiful, miserable people being beautiful and miserable. Vitti's considerable charisma makes this at least watchable, and the cinematography is nice, but without a legible emotional context, the emotional tone just seems like art movie modishness. Antoni-ennui indeed.

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I love Michelangelo Antonioni style and use of pictures and close ups. This story laid on the main two leads, but neither spoke to me. The symbolism of the story did not speak to me either and I'm definitely not going to review it anymore. Ever.

The bookends are interesting, but everything in-between felt like a mindnumbing crawl towards the faintest glimmer of a plot. I truly did not care about the main characters at all, so if it wasn't for some nicely framed shots I would have probably fallen asleep.

A particularly gorgeous piece of cinema.

The saddest love story ever told?

Very similar to L'avventura, only the point seems even more lost in the meandering unlikeable characters and scenes that go on way too long. It's well shot and at times shows a spark of being interesting, but nothing ever develops and I found it quite unfulfilling.

L'Eclisse is one of the most poignant and interesting movies to watch with its serene black and white cinematography and the gorgeous couple that leads the story through.

The shots of the landscape of the town/city were very effective.. good contrast to the stock market scenes.