Interesting. Although it has all the trappings of a thriller, it's really not. Very 70s in style and pacing, the appeal of Antonioni's film, that which trandscends even the marvelous technical feats on show, is a feeling of longing. The audience are made to really want to understand Nicholson's character, just as he wishes to try on and get to know another personality. The langouriousness supports this, somehow making the rather uneventful film pretty enticing. Schneider proved grating, though.

Beautifully shot, slowly-unfolding existential mystery with a nice performance from Nicholson. They don't make 'em like they did in the 70's!

this film was quite boring BUT the last 7min-sequence was INCREDIBLE (I would like to know how was it made??)

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"A fatalistic tale of identity, destiny, coincidence, existential malaise, and the boundaries between the real and the imagined." - Nick Schager

really gnarly camerawork, nicholson and schneider both own

Boring and uneventful. Good performances from Nicholson and Schneider though.

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An interesting, albeit a bit slow-moving story. Wonderful locations, a sense of freedom followed by an increasing feeling of being cornered, and an excellently cast Nicholson as a man trying to escape everything in his life. The camerawork was pretty impressive overall, culminating in an insane one-shot-take at the end that just completely floored me with its ambition. Unfortunately, the dubbing was a bit annoying at times.

I was wonderfully surprised with this road movie. Jack Nicholson did a great job, as well the director Michelangelo Antonioni and the cameraman. There was many stunning scenes and the pacing of the story was just marvelous. The atmosphere was also nicely created by long, long continous camera drives. The story's got many levels, though it's pretty straight forwards suspense. I also liked the original way the director did the flashbacks.

Good movie, but kind of fragmented.