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The Architecture of Vision: Writings and Interviews on Cinema PDF

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T H f ARCHITfCTURf OfV ISIOn W R I T I N G S & INTE R VIEWS O N C I N E M A ffiiCHflRnGflO nnTontont CONTENTS Prefatcote h eA mericeadni tiboyMn a rgaC ottino-]onVeIsI Prefatcote h ef tresdti tiboyCn a rldoiC arlo X TheG azea ndt heS torbyyG iorgTiion azzi XIII MY CINEMA My Experience 5 MakinagF ilims M y Wayo fL ife 14 Actoransd P aradoxes 18 A Talkw itAhn tonioonnH ii sW ork 21 Reflectoinot nhseF ilAmc tor 48 TheE venatn dt heI mage 51 RealiatnydC inemVae rite 54 PrefatcoSe i x Films 57 MY FILMS AttemptSueidc iSduei:c iidnet sh eC ity TheG ir(frienLdosy: alttoPy a vese L' avevnturTah:e A dventuorfeL s'a vventura RedD eserMty: D esert TheW hitFeo rest Blowu pI:t w asb orinn L ondobnu,t i ti sn ot anE nglifislhm 89 ZabriPsokiineWt h:a tT hisL andS aytso m e 92 A Convesratiaobno uZta briPsokiinet 94 ChunKgu oG.i naI:si ts tiplols sitbolfi el ma d ocumnetaryI?0 7 China athnedC hinese I 4I TheP assenTghee"r. P aesnsgetrh"a yto ud idns'ete I2 0 Antonioonnti h eS even-MinSuhtoet I 52 TheM ysterOyb eofr waAlldm:o satc onfession 1 72 INTERVIEWS A Convesratiwoint Mhi chelangAenltoo nioni 133 An IntervwiietwMh i chelangAnetloon ioni 141 ApropoosfE roticism 148 IAm Tireodf TodayC'isn ema !68 TheW orlIds o utsitdheeW indow 173 Myselafn dC inemMay,s elafn dW omen 185 TheH istoorfyC i nemIas M adeo nF ilms 193 ProfeosnAs giainst 217 TenQy estions 226 Conversation 230 Identificoafta iF oinl mmaker 245 INTERVIEWSO N FILMS Stoorfya L ovAeffa ir TheVa nquished L' avventura Lan otte TheE clipse RedD esert 283 TheN ightth,eE cliptsheeD, a wn 287 TheA mericDaens ert 298 ZabriPsokiinet 304 TheA mericaEnx perinece 313 A ConstaRnetn ewal 319 TalkinofgM ichelangelo 326 AntoniioD niscussTehseP assenger 333 An iDne-pthS earch 344 TheD irectaonrdT echnology 352 A FilmB aseodn C onflict 356 Idetnifaitcioonfa Woman 361 My Method 365 Interview 381 L1bouttheL1uthor 389 Filmography 391 SelecBtiebdl iography 393 Index 397 PREAFCET OT HEA MERICAN EDITION byM argCao tot-i}nones Int hSep rionfI9g 9 5 ,M ichelaAnngteolnowi aopsnr ie sewnittoehnd e t ohfe moscto veptreidz aem so tipoinc tduirree ccatenovr e rre cetihvheeo :n orary Oscfaorar l eitficmoem mitmteocn itn eTmhai.rs e cognhiathsii ognh lighted Antonsiu onqniuiec' ontritbout thwieoo rnol fdc ineamnad choansf irmed his reputaasta inao rnt wihsotm ,t hiweno rdRso land B"atrotuuhtneees ,c ollectiv­ itse'c acorpdoeur re ncnoiatraed,imr eari,m er." Antoniporneoisf'ssi coanraehlea rbs e ecnh atrearcibzyea fd i rcmo nviction thafti lmmahkaitdno bg ec onsltyra enntewebdo,ts hui bnj meacttta enrtd e ch­ niquienos r,d feorcr i netmoka e euppw itthh ceh anagneidsnn ovattiaoknisn g plaicnte h ree waol rlAd d.i recrtooliresc' osm partaoab w lrei twehro'c so,m ­ munichaitvsei se owfst hweo rldh irtseo a dtehrrso wuoghr dAsn.t onhiaonsi admitsteevdet riamlte hsah tii ssa w orolfdi magneosot,fw ordasn,td h aitit s throiumgah gtehsah tec ommuantihecisis d eaansfd ee litnogh sia su dieAntc e. thsea mtei mheeh, a osf tuesne hdip se ann hdi vso itcose p eoafhk i fsi lhmiss, interheicssht osi,hc ievssi ,e ownsc inema. Thicso llewcatsi otpn1u rbsltii snIh teadl iinI9a 9n4a st hfei rst ovfo lau me larsgeerrti oeb sei ssuuenddt ehra ee goifCs i nceitIrnat ernaatsti hooenff a­l sprionftg hF er necehd itporroijaielnsc ixvt o luamlerse ianpd uyb loinc*T.a htei writpirnegsse ntmeods htwe horifech ,ha v bee etnr anslated fiortn hteo English firtsitmb er,i tnotg h Een glish-srpeeaadkeiarnv sgeh rpiyrp e citoeusst iomfo ny 1 SeCea rldoi C arlPor'esf taoct eh per esveonltu fmorem ore deitnaofirlmeadtT ihoen . secovnodl uomeft hIet alsiearnih eabsse epnu blisatht ehdee ndo f1 99b5y M arsilio Editwoirtith,h tei tI.fil le mne c!a ss[ettFoi limnts h der awearn]d contAanitnoinnisgo ni' scriapntdss u bjectfsor v tahrairtoe,ua ss onsn,ewvemerared ien tfoi lms. Vlll\ TilE ARCHITECET UORFV ISION Antoniocnoim'psla enxdm ultifvoiremow f h iwso rkasn do ft hew orltdh aits behitnhd emT.h ee ssahyasv bee egnr oupiendf oupra rttsh:ef irtswto ",M y Cine"ma and" MyF ilmcso,n"s oifsA tn tonioonwinw' rsi tiTnhgeso .t hetrwo , "nItervioenwC si nemaan"d" IenrtvieownsF ilmcso,n"t atihnet exotfss everal ofh iisn etrviewwisti hm portIatnatl ainadFn r nechj ournaalnidcs rtist ics. CarldoiC arlop'rse ftaoct eh Iet alian eexdpiltahiioonwnts h ei deoaft hceo l­ lectioena bcoaumatn,dh owi ti sc onnecwtietdoh t heirin tivaetsti akebnyt he filcmo mmunittocy e lebArnattoen isow noir'ka ndm akei tb ettkenro wtno h is viewearnsdt her eadipnugbi lcG.i orgTiionz azii'nst rodu"cTthieGo anz,ea nd theS torpyr,e"p arreeasd feorwrsh atth ewyi lfli nidnt hivso lumbeyi ntroduc­ intgh em aitno piAcnst onidoinusisc siesnh iwsr itianngdis n etrviews. This matgeirvireaesla dtehrosep portyut nosi etpea sste veorfat lh mei scon­ ceptiaobnosuA tn toniaonndhi i wso rtkh ahta ve been maitnhtpear iensesd. by Ita lsoof fearb se ttuenrd erstaonfdh iiensx gt raordpienrasroyn aasla id tiyr ec­ toarn da h umabne inagn,da b etter apporfeh ciicsar tiitoinc al sahnadr pness hiisns atiacbulrei ofsoirnt eyw p ersonalp roafneds seixopnearli eMnacneys . readeorfAs n toniownrii'tsih navge b eeanm azetdof insdu cahn i mportant direcstouo nrp retenttoiwoauhrsid msealnfdh iasc hievesm,ae nndat tt hsea me timseo g eenrouisne valuatthiewno gr kosfo thedri recotros rors e stnreadii n commnetinugp ont heo ften uvnifeawoisfhr i csr itics. Antonihoansoi f tebne eanc cusoef"d c oldnoeros fs" "t echni.c"Sae lviesrmal ofh ise ssacyhsa lletnhgeve a lidoifts yu cha ccuisoantsIn. thwersiet ings J\ntOildlOinSlC hUlSdS hS!leCLa snh' pt dfesSalfn0T!o1tiV<1:tf01y1nSq.crortflrd"atCSiYL­ ingw ithhi csh aracotref rosrc, h oosicnegr tatienc hnitqhuaeptsu rpofuslley drwa attenttoit ohne mselFvoeres x.a mpilneT ,h eV aqnuiesdha,n e arlfyi lm in whichhe i nvestitghaeit sesduo efc rimaem onygo utthh,e d irecttooorak stropnrgo fesssitoannadl agsayimnpsatt hiwziitnchgh aracitvneorlsdv weith crimteh,u ssh owihnigse thiocpaplo sittoiv oinon lcee".Ia bsoludtiednl oyt wanmty h eroteosb el ikabhleee ,x"p la"iInitsss . oe asyt om akea ni ndividual witahg uni n hhiasn ldi ka.b.lTe.h .ed etachmtehnaItta mb einagc cusoefd wasa imeadta voiditnhgep ossibtihlaittth eys tocroyu lidn fluenthcepe u blic eveinn a ni nvolunnteagraitlwiyav ye.." SimliarAlny,t oniopneir'sso enxapll anaftoirho inusss eo ft echniinncoavla ­ tiosnhso wt hree ansionbge hihnidrs e peautseoedf t hes pectieaclh nioqftu hee "lontga kien"S toorfayL ovAejf ai�rae asontihnargte vehaildsse termtiinoan toi nnvoatoen t raditciionneam"laI w: a s ablfer emety os eflrfo imt [ traditional cine'mosa ldm ethobdy]w ,a yo fa v erlyo ncgr anmeo vementth afto llowtehde PREFAC/E ix charaucntteIirf llestt h nee etdos toHpi.cs"o mpluesoxef c oliosmr a dcel ear byw hahtes ayisnh iisne trviweiwtJ he aLnu-cG odaarbdo RuetDd e sewrhte,r e heu sed fcorot lhoferi rtsitmA es.h ee xplianit nhisen terAvniteown,si aown i colaosarv eriym portteacnhtn tihqaoutpe e nuepcd o mplenteewpl oys sibilities inf ilmmaeksipnegc,ii nra elllaytt oic ohna raacntdde ira lo"gLueets:a' tysh at the[yt hpeaa sgseosfd ilaoguhea]vb ee erne dutcoet dhb ea rmei nimaunmid,n thasten tsheea yr e litnhkuees doe fc t oolF oorer.x ampltehs,ec ieinnnt e h heu t wherteh eayrt ea lkaibnogu t drugs aInc do uslntdoinut'ms rtue el Idan.nb tlsa,c k anwdh iittwe o ulnde vhearv weo rkTehde.r epdu ttshv ei ewienrta so t aotfe mintdh aatl lohwism atcoc esputcd hi aloIgttu'hesre. i gchotl foorrt hceh arac­ ters-wihnto u,ra nre,en tabiylt ehcdeo lor-aalnfsdorot hvei ew"e r. Antoniaolnsrioee valhsip sr eerfenccoensc ertnhisenu gb jmeacttteo rf his filamnshd,i osw n yeafrornw ihnaigtdss i ffearnendne twi nt hweo rlHdeo. f ten stretshsieem sp orctoannnte cbteitownen eanr raatnifdv ielF mo.Ar n toniiotn i, isa lwaayq su estoiffo inn dai sntgo irnyt hree awlo rld tealndli itwn egl l, whethienwr r itoiron ngf ilHme.h imlsifes av ergyo ofdi ctwirointh eehr a;s nootn lwyr itmtoesnot fh issc ribputhtsa ,as l saou thosreevdes rhaoslr tto ries, publiisnhc eoadl lectiTohnaB toc wallAillnelgode n ty h Tei bAenrt.o niiasol nsio greaftsalcyi nbayta elndle wf ormosf t echn,oa lnoedgv yebnyt hweo rolfds ci­ encfei ct"iTohrnea. n ogfep ossibwihliictthei cehsn ogliovtgeoyas f tlmmaker isi nfinihtese a,y""sW .ec adno a bsolwuhtaewtle yw anwti t.h. th.e nseew techno.l.oIg.tin.'eoss at l imidteivnigjc uets;ht o ep posHiotwee.v"he era ,l so feelhsi osw nl imitawthiefonca neswd i tthh ceh angwionrgol fdt echno"lIo gy: reawlilsyIwh e rael repaadroytft hante w woUrnolfrdt.u enlwayet,a rneo tth ere yeatn,fd or o lder gnesns,eu rcaahsmt iinooert haotfp eopbloerj nu st tahfet er war, itashr aettarl a g"e dy. Throuoguhatl olft heesses aaynsdi ntervAinetwosn,ip oenris'otsyn·h,a i lsi thougahnthdsi b se lsic,eo fmael iivnae ne ndeaarniednn gg agwianyTg.h rough therme adweirlbsela blteor eaacn he wl evoefal p precainardte isopnfeor tc hti s uniq"umeao nfi mages." Augurs9 t9 5 LoAsn geles PREFACET O THE AILTIANE DITION byC ardlioC arlo The" AntoniPornoij ewcats"f irpsrte senitnMe ady I9 88a tt heXL IC annes FilmF esvtaila sa multimepdrioaj eIctwt a.s p romotiendia tlilbyy t heE nte AutonomGoe stioCnien emaan dl atbeyrC iencitItnt�e.r natiUonndaelmr.y curatortshhepi rpo,j ercetc eipvaretdi fuanld infgro m theM inistorfTy ou rism andt hePe rofrminAgr ts. Itw as dectihdaettdh ep rojweocutl edm barukp onaj ourntehyr oughtohuet worlmda,k intgw entsyt oposve trh es paonf f ivyee arTsh.i jso urnweoyu ltda ke thep rojefrocmt C annetsoIvl ontrefaorlm, M ontpeltloiI esrt antborumlP ,a ris to NeYwo rkf,ro m Romet oL osA ngeleansd,f rom GenevtaoF erraNreaw. prinwtesr ies suoefad l olf tfhiel bmysM icheglealnAon toni(obnoith his sh ort filmasnd fheiast urlee ngftihl misna) d,d ittioos no muen relefaisleamdns dt he documentathraitteh sed riecthoarsp roducienrd e ceyneta rssi,n hcieis l lness.2 Twoh underda ndt wenitmya geasm,o ntgh meo ssti gniffirocma hnitfs i lwmesr,e presenitnea d p hotograepxhhiicbt ihtao tff ereda visuraela dionfhg i s work. Thirteseenm inwaerrspe romotuendd etrh ea uspiocfte sh ep rojeacmto;n tgh e mossti gnifoinceawsno,tr tmhe ntionairneg o tnhete hatto opkl aactet hLe ouvre Auditorcihuami,rb eyAd l aiRno bbe-Grainldlt ehteo, n et hatto opkl aactet he ItalCiualnt uIrnaslt iotfuN teewY orkc,hi arebdyF uriCoo lombo. Alongstihdere e reloefaA snet oniocniin'estm oagrapwhoirck( ivne rsiwointsh Frencahnd E nglissuhb tistilnetcshe,ee ntiprreo jehcatsb enefiftroem dp ublic 2 Aftesrfu efrifnrgo amn i cstt uhactas uesde rsii omuepdimteonh ti s alnesdgp sce he, Antonihoansdi e crehaisfisel dm makaicntgtiy Hv.oi wevheerj ,u scto pmletweidt,h Germdainr eWcitmoW ren dearf si,le mn tiAtIdl Iieadd elnelu v[oBelyeo ntdhC eol uds.] PREFAC/Ex i fundi"nofgrt hdei ssemionlfattailcoiinan nea mbar oaadp "u)b,l ipsrhoijniegsc t abotuobt e c omplTehteec de.n teropfti hepicrseo jiessc itax -vosleurcmiaeel sl ed L'CEuvdreMe i chelAanntgoenl(iofo tonvfite h evsoel uhmaevsae l rebaedeyn pub­ lishtehsdei; x itsth ob ec omplient1 e9d9 w5h)i,c ahl sion cloutdhepesur b lica­ tionnosot,ft hsiesr wiheiscw,eh r perv eiouasvllayai bolneli ynF rench. TheC enrtoS perimedniCt ianletemo agrianftR ao mes houblecd r edfiort ed thtei mepluyb licoaftt hiteoh niv rodl uomfte h see ries-AAnltbounmiU onnei : biograipmhpioes seidbiitbleyRed e, n zRoe nzi-dtuhrReio nmga lne ogft hper o­ jeicnDt e cemobfe1 r9 9l2ti. csl etahrat thp er ojoefrc eti ssAunitnogn iwoonrik' s asaw holiena,s eruineisq ubea tishnie az necd o mposition,f ucnodnas­titutes a mental conttotr hiaebn uatlaiynosddnii ss setmiioannlloa fi tass pects. Todatyh,I et aleidaintf imoanrl elly eiatfssie rvsos lteu .maIgnr eeenwmti tthh e publiasnhtdeh drei recotfto hrsese rwieeh sa,vm eo difiitoesvd e ralwlh ipclha n, wiwlli lhlav ea fdefiresnetq uefonrmct eh Fer necohn e.b eWlei ienfvca ett,,h at thfiisrv sotl udmeed,i ctaoAt netdo nioni'asnh di cfsii nlesmmhsao, u plrde cede thoet heirnos r,d teofr i al lg ianop u cri naetmogrcauplhtiucr e. Unlimkaen oyt hgerre aautt hMoircsh,ae nlgeAlnot onihoaansvi io,d etde lling hisst otrhyr oughhiloseiu a,ftn d thhaesr aevboyi ddeebda taibnohgui tme sl,af nd abotuhtse i gnifoifhc iacsni cneea mnawd o r"kW.h aIth atdo s ayh,eh" a asl ways mainta"iIsn aeitddh, r omuygfi hl ms,I h aanvndeo h tintgoa dtdo t hese." Besitdheaesr titchlahetesw rotaesa c ritriocm-1 f93t6o1 95w0h,e hne madhei fsl ffaeSttu ftrlemS ,t oorfayL ovAeff air-tahnawdti bllep ubliisnh ed thnee xvto luminet sh siesr Ainetso,n iworniit'oisnnc g isn enmuam bneorm ore thatnh iwrrtiyt,ot veetnrh s ep aonft hirtyye-afrisv.e Att hsea mtei mwee,h avree altihzaehtdii sn terviewosf-a ge eintehrearl natuarned,/c oorn cerasn niignlfget lm-aalrmeo sotfg raelialmt p ortTahnecye . aruen suspseocutreocdfie nsf ormoabtrsiveoianot,na sn,ed v eonfr arreeev lations abohuitos w nl iafnewd o rwkh,i ccho mplaentdee n rihcibhsi ograaspm hayn anadsa rtIincs otll.e ctthienfmgor p ublicwaeht aivoceno mteo ctohnec lusion­ that thebyec osnhsoiudledr werdi t."io"nr gasl Ther eseatrhcaGhti orTgiinoa aznzIidh avcea rroiuehtda asl louwse­d betoerveer iynteghl ser-etncoso itdhecero mposoiftt hivioosnl uamned, t ohfe nexotn ei,nl igohftt h efscaet s. Thivso luhmaets h,e orrebefe,e snu bvdiidientd h feol lowmianngn tehrfte:r st par"tM,yC inemcao,n"t aeisnssa ys, anadrr etfilocenlcsets ci,oi nn ema, along with steweomg ilyna nomaltoeux-st" sMyE xperiaenndc" eAT "a lk with MichelaAnngteolnoi oHniiWs o rokn' '-wohriicghi innta wtmoee de tiwnigtsh Xll \TilEA RCHITECTUROE F VISION studeonftt hseC entrSo perimleedn tiCa inetmoagraBte1caa.ut sheea yr aet t he samtei mnea rraatnivdte e stniymt,oh ehya vbee comtew oa bsoluftiemldya men­ tarle efrencfoeras n yownheo w ishteosu ndersAtnatnodn iaonndhi i csi nema. Thed ire'cswt roirtionngh si fst lamrsge a theirnet dh see copnadr "tM,y F ilms." Generianltv eirewasp peianrt hteh ipradr "tI,tn ervioenwt sh Cei nemwah,e"r e­ as" ItnervioenwF si lmasp"p eianrt hfeo urth. Alolf A ntoniownrii'tsih nagvse bpeuebnl isihn[e adnt dr anslfroamt]eI dt alian orF rnechw,i tthh eex ceptoifto hno steex wthsi cAhn toniroensie rfvorei dn itial publicaetiitohinen r Engolarin ntd h e UnSittaetdTe hse.c ritefroric olna ssifi­ catiwoint heianc pha ritsc hronological.

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