Red Desert (1964)
| Release Date | 04 September 1964 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | ItalyFrance |
| Filming Locations | Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Language | Italian, Turkish |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
Red Desert (Italian: ) is a 1964 Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, written by Antonioni and Tonino Guerra and starring Monica Vitti with Richard Harris. This was Antonioni's first color film. The working title was Celeste e verde (Sky blue and green). Il deserto rosso was awarded the Golden Lion at the 25th Venice Film Festival in 1964. It is also sometimes noted as the last in a series of four films he made with Vitti over five years beginning in 1959 and ending in 1964, the three before being L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961) and L'Eclisse (1962).
Cast and Crew
Cast
Carlo Chionetti
Ugo
Xenia Valderi
Linda
Rita Renoir
Emilia
Lili Rheims
Telescope operator's wife
Aldo Grotti
Max
Valerio Bartoleschi
Giuliana's son
Emanuela Paola Carboni
Girl in fable
Giuliano Missirini
Radio telescope operator
Director
Writer
Tonino Guerra
Producer
Tonino Cervi
producer
Angelo Rizzoli
co-producer
Original Music
Giovanni Fusco
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Cinematographer
Carlo Di Palma
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Editor
Eraldo Da Roma
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Art Director
Piero Poletto
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Costume Designer
Gitt Magrini
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Makeup Department
Giancarlo De Leonardis
key hair stylist, hair stylist
Production Manager
Ugo Tucci
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gianni Arduini
first assistant director
Flavio Niccolini
second assistant director
Art Department
Sergio Donà
property master
Sound Department
Mario Bramonti
boom operator
Renato Cadueri
sound assistant
Claudio Maielli
sound
Special Effects
Franco Freda
special effects
Camera and Electrical Department
Gianni Antinori
second assistant camera
Claudio Cortini
still photographer
Dario Di Palma
camera operator
Romolo Romagnoli
key grip
Elmiro Rubeo
gaffer
Alberto Spagnoli
first assistant camera
Sergio Strizzi
still photographer
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paola Carloni
wardrober
Editorial Department
Stephen Bearman
colorist
Marisa Mengoli
assistant editor
Music Department
Vittorio Gelmetti
composer: electronic music
Other Crew
Serena Canevari
script supervisor
Dino Di Salvo
production auditor
Eros Lanfranconi
production secretary
Rodolfo Martello
production auditor
Giuseppe Rinaldi
voice dubbing: Richard Harris
Production Company
Film Duemila
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Federiz
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Francoriz Production
Distributor
Rizzoli
Indipendenti Regionali
Art Free
Atlantic Film
Connoisseur Video
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Criterion Collection, The
Emerald
Europa Filmes
Homescreen
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Madman Entertainment
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Medusa Home Entertainment
Sagres Filmes
Miscellaneous
Colorificio Italiano Max Meyer
'Tintal' paintings
International Recordings
sound re-recording
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