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Michelango Antonioni's "L'Avventura" has been called one of the 10 best films of all time (International Critics Poll, Sight and Sound), a boring film about boredom (John Simon) and, in Antonioni's own words, "a mystery film in reverse," but, to this reviewer's knowledge, it has not yet been called the ultimate slacker film...
...narrative looseness, "L'Avventura" is compositionally air-tight. Emotional distance is made literal on screen. The stark black and white of even starker landscapes and the often contrasting coloring of clothes or hair serve to accentuate the social distance with which Claudia, Sandro and their acquaintances struggle...
...hurry, grab a deliciously greasy slice at Pinnochio's on undergraduate hangout. Cafe Avventura in the Garage offers a piece of pizza for a little more than a dollar...
...Avventura...
...crispitos make you break out in hives? Does the sight of fish, Harvard style, send you running to Cafe Avventura...