I once saw a magazine list of the greatest movies of all time that had this movie as number one. So, I was very interested in finally seeing it. When I finally did, years later I was mystified as to why it was chosen. Since then I've seen other Antonioni pictures and to me, his films are the archetypes of the annoying foreign film pretending to reveal the deep mysteries of life to you but delivering nothing. The rich often lead shallow aimless lives. No kidding. A dope like Kurt Cobain could figure that out too and only take up three minutes of my time in saying it. See Bergman's Wild Strawberries or Welles' Chimes at Midnight for some substance.