A look at how the Italian auteur used locations as more than mere backdrops in his films.
Few filmmakers integrated locations into their storytelling quite like Michaelangelo Antonioni, his characters often appearing dwarfed by or disappearing into architecture or natural landscapes, reflecting their pyschological states.
A new video essay by The Discarded Image takes a look at how for Antonioni, locations are a lot more than mere backdrops.