Michelangelo Eye to Eye
In this short documentary, Michelangelo Antonioni enters the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome to contemplate Michelangelo Buonarroti’s statue of Moses. The film consists of Antonioni’s silent observation of the sculpture and the surrounding space, recorded during a visit following the restoration of the monument.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Lo sguardo di Michelangelo |
| Year | 2004 |
| Country | Italy |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Runtime | 18 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.1/10 (12 votes) |
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Antonioni constructs the film as a pure act of perception, where the camera is a gaze and the edit is a breath. He explores not just the statue, but the very phenomenon of art, its materiality and spiritual charge, relying on silence and deliberate movement.
What lingers after viewing is a heightened sense of attention, where time dilates and a detail contains a universe. It is a masterclass in seeing. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
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Watch in complete silence, alone, with no distractions. An evening meditation.
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