it used to be my favourite thing. to be the passenger on a roadtrip. short or long. just drive away…

in Antonioni’s 1975 movie The Passenger, the scenario is a little more complicated but nevertheless involves some roadtripping, Maria Schneider (of Last Tango in Paris), Gaudi’s architecture (my favourite), locations in Spain, England, Germany, Algeria, a very sparse yet inspiring weekender bag, and Jack Nicholson as the journalist David Locke who takes on the identity and life of an international gunrunner.

the original tagline was “I used to be somebody else…but I traded myself in.” well, a new identity would be the ultimate vacation but i’d be happy with the contents of Maria Schneider’s weekender and a trip to Barcelona.

click on these itsy bitsy thumbnails if you so please…

a few entries back i made a wishlist of essential summer items: Summer Simple. Schneider’s wardrobe isn’t my ideal but she wins in terms of simplicity. i love the complete lack of pretense and effort in her mismatched combinations. and the sexy relaxed fit of all of the items, that IS an ideal of mine. and you know really it isn’t the clothing it’s her attitude. and she has great curly hair!

the film is so worth watching. as described by the Village Voice’s J. Hoberman, it’s a “leisurely thriller”. and it is. make sure you get the rereleased DVD with Jack Nicholson’s beautifully dry rambling voiceover.