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Antonioni’s alienation theme strikes again in this recently re-released film, whose title translates as The Cry. American actor Steve Cochran plays a factory mechanic who loses his moorings when love walks out the door, and he drifts aimlessly through a bleak, semi-industrial landscape.
This article appears in January 9 • 2004.
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