L' ultimate masterpiece of Michelangelo Antonioni's international period
Having left for Africa to do research for a documentary, the reporter David Locke meets a certain Robertson, who bears a strange resemblance to him. When he discovers his lifeless body in his hotel room, Locke decides to assume the identity of the deceased in order to start a new life. He will then go to the appointments noted in Robertson's notebook which will take him to London, Munich and Barcelona, where he will meet a mysterious young woman ready to follow him...
After Blow-Up and Zabriskie Point , Profession: Reporter is Michelangelo Antonioni's third feature film shot away from his native Italy in collaboration with producer Carlo Ponti. Adopting an aesthetic close to the documentary, his film is a treasure hunt led by the duo Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. At first a pure thriller, Profession: reporter turns into an existential meditation on identity and the quest for oneself, magnified by an absolutely modern staging.
OCCUPATION: REPORTER
(1975 – Colors – 126 mins)
new HD restoration
SUPPLEMENTS *
. ANTONIONI ON "PROFESSION: REPORTER" (5 mn)
Directed by Gérard Dupagny © 1975 – Ina
In this extract from the 1 p.m. television news of May 15, 1975, Antonioni evokes the personality of his hero and his quest for unobtainable freedom.
. CINEMA CINEMAS: ANTONIONI, THE LAST SEQUENCE (14 mins)
Realization André-Sylvain Labarthe © 1985 – Ina
Michelangelo Antonioni comments and analyzes the last scene of his film.
* in HD on the Blu-ray version
Released June 20, 2018
