Original Cineriz Italian Locandina Poster (11×27) for the Michelangelo Antonioni drama, IL DESERTO ROSSO (1965) starring Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, and Carlo Chionetti. Vitti plays a mother and housewife who is married to a plant manger (Chionetti) in Ravenna. She is also becoming more and more alienated from everything in her world. This was Antonioni’s first film in color, and he uses the color to further enhance the pervasive feeling of isolation. He had the landscapes painted so that everything looked unreal. And this cold and industrial landscape begins to suffocate the audience as much as it suffocates Vitti. Is she suffering from true mental illness or an inability to adapt to this wasteland? This is certainly one of the most memorable films about alienation in the modern age. This original Italian locandina is folded and in fine plus condition.

Original MGM Italian Quattro Poster (79×55) for the Michelangelo Antonioni mystery thriller, BLOW-UP (1966) starring Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, and John Castle. Hemmings plays a successful London fashion photographer who meets a mysterious woman (Redgrave) and also notices something very suspicious on one of his photographs taken of her in a park. He doesn’t realize that he has photographed a murder until he blows up his negatives uncovering the unsettling details. The film received two Academy Award nominations: Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. This original Italian poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original MGM Advance One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Michelangelo Antonioni romantic drama, ZABRISKIE POINT (1970)—starring Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin. This visually stunning film is an epic portrait of 1960s America as seen through the eyes of anthropology student Daria (Halprin) and dropout Mark (Frechette) who is also wanted for killing a policeman during a student riot. Although the story is simple, Antonioni uses is to frame his brilliant observations of American “consumer” culture, the counter-culture, and the anti-war attitudes so prominent at the time. This original advance one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition.