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Beyond the Clouds (Al di là delle nuvole) [NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Italy ]

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Director Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007) has authored many outstanding films as "Blowup" (1966) and "Zabriskie Point" (1970) or more controversial ones as "The Night" (1961) and "Eclipse" (1962). All of them are refined aesthetical "oeuvres d'art" and at the same time they delivered some "message".
Director Wim Wenders has produced also some interesting film pieces as "Paris, Texas" (1984) and "Wings of Desire" Aka "The Sky over Berlin" (1987).

From the combined efforts of both of them I was expecting a "major". Unfortunately is not the case here.
The movie tries to depict the "creation process" of a film director. It presents four short stories of male-female encounters. Possibly they occur in the Directors imagination and are triggered by surrounding environment. They are unrelated among them and, at least to my perception, they do not have any strong coherence.

The sights are great: misty roads in amazing Italian towns; shops bordering a gorgeous lake; seaside views; light and shadows combined in exquisite photogram. Almost every bit of the film may be considered a visual joy.

For male viewers' delight nude scenes of Sophie Marceau, Ines Sastre and Chiara Caselli are shown gracefully. Alas for the ladies, only John Malkovitch "derriere" is shown.

Original music score by Bono and Adam Clayton as U2 is also very good.

It is a film that brings to memory more successful examples of "intellectual `60es" filmography, without reaching their deepness. It is also Antonioni's last film.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.