Adventure Italian Style

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On this episode Lady P is joined by Bill Krohn, the Hollywood correspondent for the renowned film journal Cahiers Du Cinema. First up, we’re paying a little tribute to Italian film star Monica Vitti, who turned 83 yesterday, with an analysis of one of her most famous works, Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’AVVENTURA. L’AVVENTURA also happens to be the 21st movie on the Sight and Sound Critic’s Poll. Nice how that worked out.

Then the podcast sets sail for HELL’S ISLAND. Lady P and Bill chat about his collaboration with The French Cinematheque on the ongoing retrospective of the works of Phil Karlson. Karlson is best known for directing dozens of films for Monogram Pictures—the favorite American movie studio of La Nouvelle Vague. Film nerds will recall that Jean-Luc Godard dedicated his debut feature, BREATHLESS, to Monogram.

Ideally, we could all head out to Paris and check out the retrospective in person, but this podcast offers a second-best option. Bill offers listeners a primer on Phil Karlson’s films, and gives his recommendations on where to start in Karlson’s extensive body of work.

Then they wrap up the show with a couple of Touches of Zen:

Bill’s are this and this

Here’s Lady P’s