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Synopsis: An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot)...
Genre: Drama
Production: MGM
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
1970
113 min
1,116 Views


- No more names? A nickname?

- No.

Take away your glasses.

- Adress?

- 1152 Stock.

- City? - AHA.

- Employment?

- History teacher on annual contract

It's too long George: let's write office-worker

- Money in the wallet?

- Two dollars.

Some of these boys need to be treated

You didn't you say that you're also a doctor?

- And who are you?

- There's a friend of mine here,

I came to pay the bail

You're not allowed to stay there,

off with you

I thought that when someone

comes to pay the bail...

You thought? Did you think

the regulation was for you?

Did you think you're someone special?

Off with you

Hey Martin, do you need something?

Here you are, now you can meet your friend

Hands up

What a day!

- Name?

- Karl Marx

How do you write it?

M.A.R.X.

Goodbye

- So? What do you want?

- We'd need some weapons. Self defense.

So, this is the law:

you buy the weapons now

and I verify your criminal record in Sacramento

In 4 or 5 days

you can come here to get them

The law is valid in time of peace.

This is an emergency.

We live in a neighbourhood close to...

you understand me...

We have to defend our women

You're right, for God's sake,

you're right.

I won't let you go

with nothing in your hands

In my opinion,

you need at least a caliber 38

Hey boys,

the law accords you the right

to defend your homes:

if you shoot them in the garden,

then drag them indoor

Ok

Thanks

The joy of a beautiful holiday out in the open

The sun of the desert

shining on your swimming-pool

Why breathe the infected air of the city

when you can enjoy your life

with "Sunny Dunes Relax"

Playing tennis on the emerald grass,

walking in the open

in the middle of the desert

taking your kid hunting on wild walks

You could even

spot the mountain lion

Sun, fresh air,

good water in your garden

Become an independent man,

a pioneer's life

in the West's endless horizon

And for you ladies,

a completely furnitured kitchen,

for the happiness of your husband

and child

And don't forget the pleasure

of a golf game

on the golf court that

Sunny Dunes has prepared for you

Nine holes on a fabulous background

What are you waiting for to leave that

crowded madhouse city?

Move here today, for a new life in

the healthy climate of the desert

Are you getting into aerial acrobatics, Bob?

No, Jane, I'm just flying over the desert

to look for our new home for the holidays

Finding it it's easy,

just call 84868

Can you repeat the number, Bob?

Of course:
Sunny Dunes Land Development Company,

Box 82, Los Angeles, California

News from inland:

today the works for the new highway

that connects the hills to the city

of Los Angeles have finished

because of the works,

and the houses on the route had been

knocked down.

This is the data provided

by the building department

Vietnam:
american soldiers who

died on the vietnamese front

are nearly 50.000 according to the latest

data from the Pentagon

The number of soldiers being

cured in military hospitals

wasn't noted. Corporal Darry

Marshall from our city

died on the battlefield a week ago

- Did you see here?

- What?

we've got 7 multimillionaires

at this time.

We, who?

California.

Texas has 4, but New York beats us

It was time

I see

to an extremist association have been arrested

Talking at a businessmen's association lunch,

the governor of California said

that the time to put an end to

student riots has come

And now let's go

to the weather report

directly from the weather station

I want to go and see what's going on.

When you're finished, leave the line free,

perhaps I'll call you

- Good morning

- How are you?

Mister Giorgio, I'm calling because of this:

as I remember,

three days ago you asked me information

about industrial and textile sectors

on the Stock Exchange of New York

Since the market is moving,

I think it's time to do something

- Do you want to see them again?

- No, thanks Tim.

We'll call your principal

if we need some changes

- Hello guys. - Hi.

- Let me have a quick look at the advertisment

No, the meeting is over.

Go to bed

- Yes, Mr. Allen?

- Nathalie, where's Daria?

I don't know, haven't seen her.

- Try at home.

- Yes, at once.

I phoned her home, she didn't answer,

maybe she's ill.

- Doesn't matter.

- Goodbye.

- What?

Hello? Here is Lee's Associate

Do you know where I can find Daria?

- No. She left in the morning.

- Left? On which flight?

- No flight.

She took my car

Do you mind telling me who I am talking with?

Yes, I mind. How are you?

In the next 10 years there'll be

three million people more

- Also more are expected.

- Yes, I read it.

Are this figures valid for the whole country?

No, just for South California.

- Do you understand what it means?

- What?

It means an expansion

of at least 200.000 hectars.

So our position on the market

requires a global expense

of 5000 billions in three years

- Well, I think we can afford it,

can't we? - Yes, of course

Federal and public fees,

the cost of living,

inflation is not even included...

F*** off

Surround the area all around here.

Block all the entrances.

Here is lieutenant Bell

from the metropolitan police department

You've infringed on paragraph 415

of the penal code.

We know you're armed.

If you don't throw away your guns

and come out immediately with your hands up...

...we'll have to take you out

in some other way

Everybody down on the sidewalk

Down, I said!

He's armed!

Stop there, nobody move

Hands up, run

End station

Which bread do you want?

- It's the same. - For me rye bread,

with mayonnaise.

This sandwich with salami is a bit poor,

Bob, I'm not on a diet

If you want more, you'll have to pay more

I'll pay, I'll pay, don't worry

- Hello?

- It's me

- Where are you?

- In a shop.

It's better for you to disappear,

someone called,

he said you were on television. Were you?

What? - On the news.

- Are you sure?

- He said, it looked like you

- Martin...

Hello? Mark? Hello!

- Sorry, can I ask you a favour?

- Of course.

I wanted to know if you can give

a sandwich on credit

You see, the problem is not that I don't

trust you,

but if I trust you than I

have to trust everybody

I see.

Where do you think you're going?

I'll go for a ride and come back,

wanna come with me?

- No thanks.

- As you wish.

Lilly 7, Lilly 7, here is tower AN,

stop the take off,

you're on the wrong runway,

there's traffic landing on

the opposite direction

turn as soon as possible,

Lilly 7, Lilly 7, here's tower AN

I don't know, we agree on the estimate

for the first step - Yes?

Why don't you answer the phone?

Yes. We invested 200 millions

plus 40 for unexpected events

Oh no, just a moment, why lock up 40

million for the unexpected?

What unexpected?

We found some areas with differences

in the level... - Hello?

... quite relevant, that's the reason - Hi

Land examinations have pointed out

a density index that...

Wait, I'll take the call in my office

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Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007), was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story author. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" — L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962), as well as the English-language Blowup (1966), Antonioni "redefined the concept of narrative cinema" and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. He produced "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" and rejected action in favor of contemplation, focusing on image and design over character and story. His films defined a "cinema of possibilities".Antonioni received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1960, 1962), Palme d'Or (1966), and 35th Anniversary Prize (1982); the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion (1955), Golden Lion (1964), FIPRESCI Prize (1964, 1995), and Pietro Bianchi Award (1998); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995. He is one of three directors to have won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear, and the only director to have won these three and the Golden Leopard. more…

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