In The Eclipse... juxtaposition has become fusion: the two landscapes are made one, the visual imagery and the mental imagery effortlessly interlock.

There is intellectual rigour, cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo's discombobulating use of angles and aspect and that superb no-show last scene.

An exhilarating slow dance of not-quite-colliding bodies.

"Antonioni’s own modern aesthetic, the long takes, precise compositions, and tormented ennui that he draws out of his performers, especially Monica Vitti, suggest a way out of the existential crisis."