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The Passenger

Professione: Reporter (The Passenger)

1975

Michelangelo Antonioni

Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ambroise Bia ...

7.0

2,877

Adventure. Mystery. Drama. Thriller David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a frustrated and disillusioned war correspondent and TV journalist who is in Africa to cover a Civil War, unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, takes the risky path of co-opting the I.D. of a dead arms dealer acquaintance.

	Media	Author	Review
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Arguably Mr. Antonioni's greatest film
		Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"A masterpiece of visual and rigorous artistry that is as tantalizing as it is hypnotic"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Maria Schneider gives a performance of breathtaking spontaneity (...) I did not admire the film in 1975 (...) I admire the movie more 30 years later (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"A remarkable work and a major return to form after the incoherent, shallow 'Zabriskie Point' (...) The film is beautifully shot by Luciano Tovoli"
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"The film grapples with the consequences of exchanging one's life for another's, a fantasy that (...) has never been treated with this level of somber reflection."
		Ty Burr Boston Globe	"[It] now looks to be one of the deepest, most rigorous, and most rewarding films of its era (...) Slow as death and graceful as an angel, 'The Passenger' continues to haunt."
		Nick Schager Slant	"Antonioni’s pensive examination of the deceptive, destructive sway that dreams hold on their creators derives its magic from a deliberate inscrutability (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Dave Calhoun Time Out	"A stylish mood piece that is as interested in emotion and landscape as plot (...) The photography is stunning."
		David Parkinson Empire	"A bleak and moving drama with reflective performance from Jack Nicholson (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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