Spoiler language: well, I guess

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Posted by tinear on December 8, 2005 at 10:50:14

In Reply to: Antonioni's 'The Passenger'. Wow, what a bore. --SPOILER-- posted by jeffreybehr on December 8, 2005 at 10:06:09:

you just didn't understand the alienation expressed in the film. The character Nicholson assumes is a very shady arms dealer and, bored with his life, Jack decides to see exactly what the life is like. He isn't really passionate about it: he doesn't see this as a vehicle for an expose. Rather, he just goes along like... a passenger.
Perhaps Antonioni is saying something here?
Anyhow, boredom is in the hive of the beeholder. I found the parallel stories of his wife's tracking him as he skinned away the onion's layers fascinating.
The visit to the Gaudi Cathedral with Maria Schneider (what a pleasure to watch her!) was a memorable scene.
Antonioni isn't for everyone but I certainly wouldn't characterize this film as slow.
For the record, you seem to have missed the fact that the character was murdered in what many consider one of modern film's greatest scenes.

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Topic - Antonioni's 'The Passenger'. Wow, what a bore. --SPOILER-- - jeffreybehr 10:06:09 12/08/05 (12)

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Spoiler language: well, I guess - tinear 10:50:14 12/08/05 (2)

OK, NOT a spoiler. :-) - jeffreybehr 15:13:01 12/08/05 (1)

Though, of course, the movie stands on its own excellence, the - tinear 05:06:32 12/09/05 (0)

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Spoiler language: well, I guess - tinear 10:50:14 12/08/05 (2)

OK, NOT a spoiler. :-) - jeffreybehr 15:13:01 12/08/05 (1)

Though, of course, the movie stands on its own excellence, the - tinear 05:06:32 12/09/05 (0)

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