Point of Departure: "The Question"

Point of Departure: "The Question"--I shot the scenes on the terrace and in the hotel room in the Principe di Savoia, a 5-star luxury hotel in Milano which I enjoyed immensely. Point of Departure is an enigmatic film much influenced by Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura. I love how Antonioni's long takes invite (force?) the viewer to enter into the scene and figure it out rather than delivering everything distilled in shorthand-style with quick cuts. His film The Passenger was notable for this. I considered a quick side trip to visit the factory in Maranello but with Enzo long since gone, what would be the point?