Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Being someone else


The Passenger (1975)

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni this film stars Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider and Jenny Runacre. A journalist travelling in a North African country decides to escape his life by taking the identity of the man who died in the hotel room next to his.

Compared to many American films the pace of this film is really slow and may not be something that is to the taste of everyone but the final long take-tracking shot is very impressive. The plot of the film is about identity and the desire to escape ones self and works well. There are a number of great locations and the minimal use of dialogue really helps add to the atmosphere of the film.

5/5

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