Before the color emptiness of L’Avventura , Antonioni made this stark black-and-white portrait of a man who walks away from his life. The Po River delta — with its fog, its abandoned factories, its gray skies — becomes a landscape of the soul. No dialogue needed; the Russian Blue is in the long silences and the drifting smoke.
The Visual Appeal: Why the Russian Blue is Made for the Camera Russian Blue Film
Let the screen grow blue. Let the shadows lengthen. Press play. Before the color emptiness of L’Avventura , Antonioni