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L'AvventuraR1

   L'Avventura has received different editions in various regions. The starting point, as usual, is with the Region 1 Criterion Collection.

This has an audio commentary by film historian Gene Youngblood as well as the Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials featurette as well as the reprint of Antonioni's "Cannes Statement" .

It also has extra features including:

Two essays by Antonioni, read by Jack Nicholson:
- “L’Avventura: A Moral Adventure” (9:45)
- “Reflections on the Film Actor” (6:09)
“Working with Antonioni” - Jack Nicholson’s personal recollections of the director (5:15)
Restoration demonstration (3:32)
Theatrical trailer (2:12)
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Finally, there is an 8-page fold-out booklet, featuring a new essay by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. L'Avventura is released by Umbrella Entertainment in a 2 DVD collectors edition. The Region 2 French edition has a featurette entitled Analyse de séquences par Olivier Assayas (45 mins). It would be interesting to hear what the noted critic, screenwriter and filmmaker has to say about the film. Rather than use the whole of the featurette it includes “Storia di un Autore”, an extract from Gianfranco Mingozzi’s documentary Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (8 mins).

There is also:

Interview with Antonioni and Monica Vitti (1961) (11 mins)
“Cinéma, Cinéma - Monica” - interview with Monica Vitti (1990) (9 mins)
Theatrical Trailer (3 mins)

There is also a Region 2 Italy version which has various extras:

Presentzione di Maurizion Porro (5:26)
Cinema Forever (1980) (7:36)
About the restoration (5:42)
Ricordi su L'avventura (Interview with Antonio Basile) (2003) (14:41)

In my view the Region 1 Criterion Collection has the edge but there is still a great deal of satisfaction to be found in the Region 4 release.