The hero is the Jack Nicholson character, David Locke, a man in his early thirties, who is a successful, respected, and rather famous maker of television documentaries for the British public television network. But that’s not to say Antonioni — once emotionally inspired — did not fully think things through, especially when it came to executing a complex setup such as this one in The Passenger. Also, for the first time, the murder of the Arab achieved a clearer reality for me. Michelangelo Antonioni: The Truth about The Passenger. Import Blu-Ray/Region All pressing. Artwork for Carlotta Films’ Ultra Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray of The Passenger by Robert Sammelin. With Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry. The mutual admiration between actor Jack Nicholson and director Michelangelo Antonioni resulted in the psychological drama The Passenger. ... Michelangelo Antonioni and Maria Schneider on the set of The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) R.E. He specializes in political documentaries. Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 film The Passenger is a languid thriller in which not much seems to happen, beautifully. Standing by the window one Sunday, Meursault records in his apathetic voice so like Jack Nicholson’s, life as it passes by in the street. Antonioni's films dealt with the themes of internal emptiness, and search for purpose. It’s an underrated project for both star and director. ... Jack Nicholson plays a burnt-out reporter who exchanges his identity with that of a man he finds dead in a … The Passenger - A Film by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. In one of the most acclaimed films of all time, Michelangelo Antonioni (Blow-up, Zabriskie Point) directed international star Jack Nicholson (The Last Detail, The Border, Wolf) and Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris) in an elliptical and fascinating thriller about alienation and lost identities. Nicholson plays the role of a journalist, David Locke, who during an assignment in North Africa decides to quit being a journalist and simply disappear by taking on a new hidden identity. To its credit, The Passenger features more of a consistent plot. Theodore Price. Nicholson plays David Locke, a disillusioned American reporter who is sent on a grueling mission to North Africa. Jack Nicholson plays a tired, burned-out journalist, disaffected with his career, and hoping for something more meaningful. And then she made a film with another of Europe's top directors, Michelangelo Antonioni, and another major star, Jack Nicholson. March 2015. A frustrated war correspondent, unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, takes the risky path of coopting the identity of a dead arms dealer acquaintance. "The Passenger" (1975) Nicholson goes existential working with Michelangelo Antonioni for this drama of ennui and despair. 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