L’Eclisse
Date: 1962
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Production Company: Cineriz, Interopa Film, Paris Film
Stars: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Mirella Ricciardi
Location(s): Rome, Verona
Region(s): Italy
Storyline:
Woman breaks off engagement but finds little better awaits her romantically. SJ
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- Capture 1
- 01 Nov 2018
Vitti leaves Rabal's house having broken off her engagement. 8 Via dell’Antartide at the corner with Viale dell’Esperanto in the EUR (Esposizione Universale Roma) suburb of Rome, location of much of this film.
Difficult to see now with all the subsequent growth. SJ
- Capture 2
- 01 Nov 2018
Turning west brings the Water Tower (il Fungo), also seen in 'The Last Man on Earth', into view.
I should be further back but that would have obscured the tower as a new residence has since sprung up. SJ
- Capture 3
- 01 Nov 2018
The former Palazzo dello Sport, now the PalaLottomatica, from Via dell’Antartide just before it reaches Viale dell'Umanesimo.
Not quite so many changes here. SJ
- Capture 4
- 01 Nov 2018
Rabal catches her up and escorts Vitti to her apartment at 307, Viale dell’Umanesimo. This is north-west of Rabal's house. I reckon a quicker route would have been to cut along the Viale dell'Esperanto but then maybe they felt like the walk.
Easy to spot as it's so unchanged and conveniently numbered. SJ
- Capture 5
- 01 Nov 2018
Vitti arrives at the Borsa (Stock market), Piazza di Pietra, in the centre of Rome near the Pantheon. But this is the east side on Via de'Burrò.
East side confirmed. SJ
- Capture 6
- 01 Nov 2018
The Borsa is housed inside the remains of the Tempio di Adriano. Here Vitti remonstrates with the impatient driver (Delon?) behind her as she pays the taxi fare.
Looking south as opposed to the above. SJ
- Capture 7
- 09 Aug 2011
Vitti emerges from north side of the Borsa into the Piazza di Pietra.
The Piazza di Pietra looking west. SJ
- Capture 8
- 01 Nov 2018
Looking for a runaway dog, Vitti stumbles across this statue in the EUR. Probably the PalaLottomatica, formerly Palazzo dello Sport, area... Now confirmed by Roger Jones who adds, "The statue that Vittoria looks at is La Vittoria Olimpica (1960) by Emilio Greco (Catania 1913-Roma 1995), bronze, 420 cm H. Its original location was in the SE corner of the Piazzale del Palazzo dello Sport (EUR), where Vittoria saw it (Vittoria looks at "Vittoria," a sly reference by Antonioni), after chasing the dogs and looking at the flagpoles. It is now located in the lobby of Palazzo H, Piazza Lauro de Bosis, 15, Roma, in the Foro Olimpico." Also seen, before its move, in the little seen "E se per caso una mattina" (1972). (SJ)
Not a now but a snap taken of a display near/by the Borsa of Rome back in Aug 2011, but I can't find it now. SJ
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
A trip to Verona: Aeroporto di Boscomantico, Via di Boscomantico, Verona.
- Capture 10
- 01 Nov 2018
Vitti follows a man who has lost his shirt in a money market crash. The corner of Via di Pietra and Via de'Burrò and it's still a Farmacia.
Now with shallower-looking entrances. SJ
- Capture 11
- 01 Nov 2018
On the Viale Umberto Tupini, Vitti and Delon watch Delon's car being towed out of the Lago dell’ EUR. Note construction is near completion on the Palazzo Eni on the east side. Vitti notes that Delon is more concerned about his car rather than the drunk thief's life.
Taken from the west end of the Lago dell' EUR. SJ
- Capture 12
- 01 Nov 2018
This is south of the west end of the Lago. The Giolitti restaurant from close to the Viale Oceani with the basilica dei Santi Pietro e Paolio towering above.
Very tricky to match with all the growth, and the basilica is hidden behind trees.
- Capture 13
- 01 Nov 2018
Delon and Vitti outside Ricciardi's apartment at 315 Via dell'Umanesimo.
The "315" has changed but not a lot! SJ
- Capture 14
- 01 Nov 2018
Ricciardi shoots a balloon released by Vitti.
Today. SJ
- Capture 15
- 'Now' required
Vitti heads west along the Viale del Ciclismo approaching the intersection of Viale della Tecnica. The building under construction is on the left.
- Capture 16
- 01 Nov 2018
The view from Delon's apartment in the middle of Rome. Piazza Campitelli just north of Teatro Marcello.
From ground level. SJ
- Capture 17
- 01 Nov 2018
Via Cavaletti on the corner with Via del Funari.
Off-angle but there's the window in the middle of the shot. SJ
- Capture 18
- 'Now' required
Vitti and Delon: looks like the church between Viale della Scultura and Via Laurnetina, EUR.
- Capture 19
- 'Now' required
Vitti leaves Delon's office. 50 Via Po north-east of the Borghese Gardens.