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Red Desert (film) Quotes

Red Desert (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Red Desert completed its run in 1970.

It features Antonio Cervi as producer, Giovanni Fusco in charge of musical score, and Carlo Di Palma as head of cinematography.

Red Desert (film) is recorded in Italian language and originally aired in Italy/France. Each episode of Red Desert (film) is 120 minutes long. Red Desert (film) is distributed by RCS MediaGroup (USA).

The cast includes: Monica Vitti as Giuliana, Richard Harris as Corrado Zeller, Rita Renoir as Mili, Aldo Grotti as Max, Richard Harris as Orlando, Xenia Valderi as Linda, and Carlo Chionetti as Ugo.

Red Desert (film) Quotes

Monica Vitti as Giuliana

  • (Giuliana's son) "Why is that smoke yellow?"
  • (Monica Vitti) "Because it's poisonous."
  • (Giuliana's son) "You mean if a little birdie flies there, it'll die?"
  • (Monica Vitti) "The little birdies know by now. They don't fly there anymore."
  • (Monica Vitti) "I may be wrong -- but I really think -- I want to make love."
  • (Monica Vitti) "If I were to leave never to return, I'd take you with me too. You're part of me now. I mean, part of everything around me."
  • (Monica Vitti) "You know what I'd like? I'd like everyone who's ever cared about me -- here around me now, like a wall."
  • (Monica Vitti) "There's something terrible about reality and i don't know what it is. No one will tell me."
  • (Monica Vitti) "I dreamed I was in bed and the bed was moving. I looked down and it was on quicksand. It was sinking deeper and deeper."
  • (Monica Vitti) "It's never still. Never. Never, never. I can't look at the sea for long or I lose interest in what's happening on land."
  • (Monica Vitti) "I didn't get better. I'll never get better -- Never."
  • (Richard Harris) "You brood on your illness. But it's just an illness like any other. We all suffer from it a bit. In one way or another, we all need to get better."
  • (Monica Vitti) "Everything was singing. Everything."
  • (Monica Vitti) "My hair hurts, my eyes, my throat, my mouth --"
  • (Monica Vitti) "I feel my eyes tearing up. What should I do with my eyes? What should I watch?"
  • (Richard Harris) "You ask what you should watch. I ask how I should live. It's the same thing."
  • (Monica Vitti) "I can't decide, because I'm not a single woman. Though sometimes I feel sort of -- separated. No, not from my husband. No. Our bodies are all separate."
  • (Monica Vitti) "There was a girl who lived on an island. Grownups bored her, and frightened her too. She didn't like kids her age. They all pretended to be grownup. So she was always alone, with the cormorants, seagulls, and wild rabbits."
  • (Monica Vitti) "She'd discovered a small beach far from town, with crystal-clear water and pink sand. She loved that spot. The colors of nature were so beautiful, and there was no noise. She'd leave only when the sun did too."
  • (Monica Vitti) "One morning, a sailing ship appeared. It wasn't like the usual boats that passed by. This was a real sailing ship, the kind that had braved stormy seas all over the world; and who knows, maybe even beyond. Seen from afar, it was a splendid sight. But up close, it took on a mysterious air. There was no one aboard. It paused for a few moments, then turned, and sailed off, as silently as it had come. She was used to people's strange ways, so she wasn't surprised."
  • (Monica Vitti) "But no sooner was she back on shore, when --"

Richard Harris as Corrado Zeller

  • (Richard Harris) "Sometimes I feel like I have no right to be where I am. Perhaps that's why I keep moving."
  • (Richard Harris) "Your son?"
  • (Monica Vitti) "No. No, he's fine. He doesn't need me. It's me who needs him."
  • (Richard Harris) "Could you eat me too?"
  • (Monica Vitti) "If I loved you."

Rita Renoir as Mili

  • (Rita Renoir) "I hate him."
  • (Xenia Valderi) "Who?"
  • (Rita Renoir) "Your husband. He's like a vulture, always ready to swoop down on a factory in bankruptcy or a woman in distress. You'll see. He'll end up getting his way with me too."

Aldo Grotti as Max

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