Antonioni lecture at Barrick Museum

Wednesday, April 14 @ 7:30 p.m.
"Chung Kuo-Cina": A Documentary by Michelangelo Antonioni
Barrick Museum Auditorium
Professors Giuseppe Natale and Ying Bao, Department of Foreign Languages, UNLV

In 1972 the Chinese government asked director Michelangelo Antonioni to make a documentary on the ancient "Middle Kingdom," then being transformed by a proletarian revolution. The result was the 3 and 1/2 hour film "Chung Kuo-Cina," more concerned to observe everyday life than to describe political institutions. Antonioni's China, so distant from Maoist iconography, angered Chinese authorities, who censored it as reactionary propaganda. The film was not publicly screened in China until 2004. Its belated appearance led to a national discussion about the relations of art and politics as well as the objectivity of the cinematic camera. The speakers will present an illustrated review of its reception in both Italy and China.

Contact: Pam Weiss
Email: pam.weiss@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-3401

Zabriskie Point

Nothing says hot summer in the desert like Michaelangelo Antonioni's 1970 film Zabriskie Point. As the trailer states,
Zabriskie Point, a remote and barren blister of land in the American desert as isolated as the face of the moon. Zabriskie Point, where a boy and a girl...meet...and touch...and blow their minds!

Zabriskie Point is part of Death Valley National Park, and the film is available through the Las Vegas-Clark County Library.