Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre
A melancholy, depressed and jaded television reporter assumes the identity of a dead man while at a hotel in a north African country, not knowing that the man was a renowned arms smuggler. The newsman...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (482)
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May 31, 2009My first feature-length experience with Antonioni. The last shot is pretty amazing, especially the work behind it. The opening images in the desert are particularly beautiful. I really enjoyed the commentary with Jack Nicholson on the DVD.
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January 19, 2009Antonioni is nothing if not idiosyncratic, and Jack Nicholson is the perfect actor to fall into a role in one of Antonioni's movies. A meeting of two highly idiosyncratic minds.
Be careful what you wish for. The existential quality of this 1975 movie feels like a throwback
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November 21, 2008at least twice jack asked ' why are you here' ? I think the answer is ' the director told me too! ' Boooo!!!!!!!! ( one full star added for photagraphy)
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April 27, 2008Up until its enigmatic conclusion, the narrative of "The Passenger" progresses surprisingly straightforwardly, albeit at a snail's pace and with artsy digressions. After finding a 'businessman' acquaintance named Robertson dead in his hotel room, David Locke (Jack Nicholson), a j...( read more)
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June 22, 200610/10
I refer to this film whenever anyone asks me about Antonioni. It was my first film of his and I'm glad it was. It's a perfect bridge from typical cinema into the sublime pleasures of Antonioni's films. First of all, it's in English. It stars a well known lead, Nicholson who...( read more) -
November 10, 2009Beautifully photographed. Great performances from Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider.
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October 8, 20092nd one from Italy. Marie Schneider-Jack Nicholson-Michelangelo Antonioni-1975.
Its final, famed seven-minute shot remains a delight to behold. -
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August 1, 2009Watching this one from Antonioni was a joy, from all aspects. and i think Antonioni himself while standing behind the camera, was wiser than his main character Davis Luke, the same boredom but less anger, the camera work had shown this allover the film, it was moving slowly, feel...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
November 30, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
November 11, 2005
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
One of the deepest, most rigorous, and most rewarding films of its era. full review
October 28, 2005
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
Even if one new person is turned on to the works of this brilliant filmmaker, then this film's long, strange trip will have been worth it. full review
October 5, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A fatalistic tale of identity, destiny, coincidence, existential malaise, and the boundaries between the real and the imagined. full review
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I admire the movie more 30 years later. I am more in sympathy with it. full review
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