La Notte/The Night (IT, 1961)

Probably the poorest component of Antonioni's early-mid 60's four-part trilogy. It still looks good though (one rather ugly interlude at a small jazz club aside); the photography, while not his absolute best, retains his unique, timeless and instantly recognisable style. The unrelated, incidental episodes and conversations are thankfully still there; if this film suffers, it's from the typically Italian 'over-analysis of feelings'. The beauty and boredom of the surroundings is well captured , as is the night-time atmosphere at the posh Milanese villa where much of the action occurs.