Michelangelo Antonioni's La notte on 4K UHD from Eureka in November
16 September 2025
Eureka Entertainment is to release Michelangelo Antonioni's La notte (1961), one of the defining films of the 1960s by one of the most influential directors of the 20th century. Presented for the first time anywhere in the world on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, La notte has been newly restored in a stunning 4K transfer and is to be released as part of The Masters of Cinema Series. Available in November, this edition is strictly limited to 2,000 copies and comes housed in an O-card slipcase with a collector's booklet.
One of the masterworks of 1960s cinema, La Notte (The Night) marked yet another development in the continuous stylistic evolution of its director, Michelangelo Antonioni — even as it solidified his reputation as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. La Notte is Antonioni's Twilight of the Gods, but composed in cinematic terms. Observed from a crane-shot, it's a sprawling study of Italy's upper middle-class; seen in close-up, it's an x-ray of a relationship on the brink of collapse.
Two of the giants of film acting come together as a married couple living in crisis: Marcello Mastroianni (La dolce vita, 8 1/2) and Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim, Bay of Angels). He is a renowned author and "public intellectual"; she is "the wife." Over the course of one day and the night into which it inevitably bleeds, the pair will come to re-examine their emotional bonds and grapple with the question of whether love and communication are even possible in a world built out of profligate idylls and sexual hysteria.
Photographed in rapturous black-and-white by the great Gianni di Venanzo (8 1/2, Giulietta degli spiriti), La notte is a film about the yawning caverns that can open up between people who were once in love, and the difficulty of trying to fix something that may be irrevocably broken. The Masters of Cinema Series presents Michelangelo Antonioni's haunted odyssey for the first time anywhere in the world on 4K UHD.
La notte will be released on 4K UHD by Euraka Entertainment as part of the Masters of Cinema series on 24 November 2025 at the RRP of £27.99.
LIMITED EDITION ULTRA HD BLU-RAY FEATURES:
Limited edition of 2,000 copies
Limited edition O-card slipcase
Limited edition booklet featuring an essay by film critic and scholar Brad Stevens and the transcript of a lengthy Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni upon the film's release
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation from a 4K digital restoration, presented in a new and exclusive Dolby Vision HDR (HDR 10 compatible) grade
Original uncompressed Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles
New audio commentary by film writer Tony Rayns
New interview with academic and author Richard Dyer
