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      Beyond the Clouds

      Released Sep 3, 1995 1 hr. 53 min. Drama List
      68% 22 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score The observations of a filmmaker (John Malkovich) separate four vignettes about tormented love affairs. Read More Read Less

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      Shock Therapy R Beautiful cinematography to cover an absent storyline Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2022 Whilst viewing beautiful cinematography and some insightful recognitions, the viewer is bewildered to discover that there is no story. In fact, the point of the movie is to pedantically profess that the "story" is merely our disinterested observations in life that ultimately leak meaning. In the ancient times, this was called asceticism. Thank god there were sex scenes among less mortals that didn't realize they should be ‘signing in to a convent tomorrow', rather than falling in love. Didn't fall in love with this movie. Don't believe in asceticism. Now… I DESIRE a different movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/06/22 Full Review francesco b A goodlooking meaningless torture. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautiful people in beautiful locations - but is it Antonioni? Well, of course, it is - this is the great director's final feature done in partnership with Wim Wenders (in order to secure insurance coverage following his 1985 stroke). But does it connect with Antonioni's other films? Mysteriously, it does - although this only becomes apparent as the film slowly unwinds through its four incomplete anecdotes, charting relationships between men and women (often in a soft-core state of undress) who invariably do not connect. Or do they? Except for the Peter Weller adultery sequence (where both Fanny Ardant and Chiara Caselli appear distraught), the characters seem nonplussed as their interactions go nowhere. John Malkovich floats above it all, quoting from Antonioni's book (as his stand in), holding the stories together, peering into windows, and engaging with Sophie Marceau. None of this is particularly satisfying on its own but Antonioni's eye for the image and a melancholy romantic soundtrack slowly work some magic, elevating the film above others of its type but nowhere near the masterworks of the director's richest period ('50s through '70s). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member It's Antonioni's last Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member artistically mundane Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Várias histórias ilustram o percurso do personagem. Algumas são mais interessantes que outras, mas à (C) o conjunto delas que faz o filme. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Fernando Gonzalez Miami Herald With its long shots and weighty silences, the movie is a rewarding meditation on the pleasures and mysteries of observing, by a great director. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Time Out It makes for entrancing cinema. Feb 9, 2006 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times There are moments of such astounding visual power in Michelangelo Antonioni's film Beyond the Clouds that you are all but transported through the screen to a place where the physical and emotional weather fuse into a palpable sadness. Rated: 4.5/5 Nov 19, 2002 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Though not vintage Antonioni, this later work (supervised by Wim Wenders), a meditation on eros, love, and desire, features some of the most beautiful actresses working today: Fanny Ardant, Irene Jacob, and Sophie Marceau. Rated: B Jul 31, 2007 Full Review Peter Henne Film Journal International Antonioni seems to be using his absence from the scene as an opportunity to restate his vision, perhaps having a new generation of filmgoers in mind. Mar 1, 2007 Full Review TV Guide One of Fanny Ardant's lines sums up the rest of Beyond the Clouds: 'Everything seems ridiculous.' Rated: 2/4 Aug 29, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis The observations of a filmmaker (John Malkovich) separate four vignettes about tormented love affairs.
      Director
      Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders
      Executive Producer
      Brigitte Faure, Danièle Gegauff, Pierre Roitfeld
      Screenwriter
      Michelangelo Antonioni, Soheil Ghodsy, Tonino Guerra, Wim Wenders
      Production Co
      Eurimages, France 3 Cinéma, Degeto Film, Sunshine, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Road Movies Zweite Produktionen [de], Le Studio Canal +, Ciné B, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinema
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 3, 1995, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 2, 2010
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $30.9K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby, Surround