This work provides an overview of the Italian director's life and work, and examines six of his most important and intellectually challenging films - L'avventur... » 

This work provides an overview of the Italian director's life and work, and examines six of his most important and intellectually challenging films - L'avventura, La notte, L'eclisse, Red Desert, Blow-up and The Passenger - in the context of Italy's post-war economic boom. «