MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI'S THE PASSENGER
ANALYSIS, TABLE OF CONTENTS

Antonioni's films are rife with themes, peculiarities and incongruities which largely go unnoticed due his deft care in handling them and the abundant and rich audio and visual textures in which he immerses us, but they are also responsible for the sense of mystery that defies a traditional expectation of resolutions, infusing Antonioni's films with enigmatic mythic purpose. And myth is never hampered by logic. My analyses explore patterns of use of these elements with the purpose of nudging to the fore secondary plot structures and hints at meaning that may stand in opposition to the seeming lay of the land.

Table of Contents for The Passenger (1975):

Part One - Shots 1 thru 87
Do They Have Arms?
There Are Men in the Desert

Part Two - Shots 88 thru 202
A Kind of Detachment
Munich
Barcelona
Are You Still Looking for Him?

Part Three - Shots 203 thru 375
People Disappear Every Day
What Are You Running Away From?
Do You Believe in Coincidence?

Part Four - Shots 376 thru 393
What Do You See?

Next: Part One
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