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That Bowling Alley on the Tiber

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That Bowling Alley on the Tiber
AuthorMichelangelo Antonioni
Original titleQuel bowling sul Tevere
TranslatorWilliam Arrowsmith
LanguageItalian
Genresketch stories
PublisherGiulio Einaudi Editore [it]
Publication date
1983
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
1986
Pages224
ISBN8806055968

That Bowling Alley on the Tiber: Tales of a Director (Italian: Quel bowling sul Tevere) is a 1983 book by the Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni. It is a collection of personal reflections and narrative sketches, varying in length from a few lines to a few pages. Antonioni called these texts "nuclei" and described them as prototypes for unproduced films. Some of the material had been published previously in periodicals. The English translation by William Arrowsmith was published in 1986.[1][2][3]

Four sketch stories from the book were the basis for the film Beyond the Clouds, directed by Antonioni as his last feature film and released in 1995.[4] Another story was the basis for Antonioni's segment in the film anthology Eros from 2004.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Rohdie, Sam (1988). "That Bowling Alley on the Tiber: Tales of a Director". Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media (35): 137–139. JSTOR 44111651.
  2. ^ Miller, Tyrus; Shemek, Deanna (1987). "Reviewed Works: Quel bowling sul Tevere. Michelangelo Antonioni; That Bowling Alley on the Tiber. by Michelangelo Antonioni, William Arrowsmith; Antonioni, or The Surface of the World. Seymour Chatman". MLN. 102 (1): 164–172. doi:10.2307/2905576.
  3. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (11 December 1985). "Books of The Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ Hogue, Peter (1997). "Antonioni's Beyond the Clouds". Film Comment. 33 (3): 50–54. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ Rooney, David (17 September 2004). "Eros". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2024.