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Auction History Result

1a220 RED DESERT linen Italian lrg pbusta '64 Michelangelo Antonioni, sexy Monica Vitti!

Date Sold 4/29/2012
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Photobusta Movie Poster (lrg pbusta; measures 26 3/4" x 36 1/2" [68 x 93 cm]) (Learn More)

Il Deserto Rosso (released in the U.S. in 1965 as "Red Desert"), the classic 1964 Michelangelo Antonioni Italian family dysfunctional relationship mental illness melodrama ("Michelangelo Antonioni in his first color film.") starring Monica Vitti, Richard Harris ("[star of 'This Sporting Life']"), Carlo Chionetti (billed as "Carlo De Pra"), Rita Renoir, Xenia Valderi, and Aldo Grotti. Note that this is what's known as a "difficult" movie! It is slow moving with lots of talking and little action of any kind. But, on repeated viewings, it often grows on the viewer until they often consider it to be a masterpiece! Other movies like this include "The Passion of Joan of Arc", "Last Year at Marienbad" and several others. If you like the movies like this you have seen you should definitely also watch this one!
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Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this Italian movie!

Note that it is difficult to accurately date Italian posters, and some unmarked re-release posters can be extremely difficult to distinguish from first releases, so please bear that in mind before you place a bid. We used our best information to date this poster, but we can't always guarantee that the Italian posters we sell are not from an unmarked re-release, but this will only prove to be true in a very tiny number of cases.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had many creases alongside parts of both folds, with a few tears on both foldlines. There were some tears around the edges with slight darkening. There were some scuffs scattered in the poster, including a long vertical one in the bottom center of Vitti's shirt. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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