Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials Page #3

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That is to say that scouting for locations

was like starting to make contact with the subject matter.

So much so that for The Lady without Camellias,

the other movie I shot with him,

we came to know and understand each other,

and he trusted me completely to find his locations for him.

Still, it turned out to be a bit of a sour experience,

because I wasted a whole month looking for locations in Milan,

and he didn't like a single one. Yes, they were all wonderful locations;

still he didn't like any, really. For him,

scouting for locations is an intimate experience...

The Lady without Camellias is a portrait of the movie business.

Antonioni moves irreverently between

satirical comedy and drama,

shedding light on the process that the protagonist goes through

while gaining consciousness of herself and her surroundings.

...one here, and one here...

no don't ask anything... take the meat...

he mustn't do anything...

he doesn't need to say anything to the animals...

he must keep them quiet!...

I... I...

You keep quiet... quiet...

On the left...

Rinaldo, I would place it on that thing over there...

It's much better if it is on that thingy like this,

perfect.

Don't put it straight... at an angle...

do not lean it against the wall... a little forward...

Toward me... toward me... now in front of me...

Iike this... sticking out more... see...

Here you feel uneasy, Soraya, you're shy.

Do not relax and loose your concentration,

keep focused, really focused.

Did you take down the registration tag?

-Sure... -Mark it down!

Now you gotta tell me...

Only in the sequences with dialogue...

Right, only the dialogue...

'cause the rest is going to stay like in the original...

ERALDO DA ROMA editor Marinelli is going to to take care of the numbers

for the dialogue...

Sure...

-Can I tell them to go ahead then? -Of course!

...to record those noises?

That's the only solution.

Good!

So, this interview, are we going to do it yes or no?

No, no, I don't want to!

-Why not? -Because, no!

-Did you count them? -I think they're about 1 300.

-Some made by directors too? -This is by Mario Soldati.

CESARE ZAVATTINI author I'll show you this one later...

And I have one, it's a classic director, allow me.

You'll recognize him immediately...

Right, it's Rene Claire, his self-portrait.

And here in a few days, probably here,

I'll have one by Michelangelo Antonioni,

'cause he's making his self-portrait for me

and I'm sure, you know that Antonioni is a painter too.

Like in all of his work he is a little introverted,

secretive, a loner,

dealing with great stylistic problems like in his films.

So he cannot sit down and paint it in one evening.

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