Before Jack Nicholson began starring in roles opposite Adam Sandler, he was the face of such auteurist ย70s films as Roman Polanskiยs Chinatown and Michelangelo Antonioniยs The Passenger, which the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has selected as the swan song of its Antonioni retrospective film series. Like last yearยs tribute to Fellini, Homage to Antonioni has made Houston one of only a handful of U.S. locations in its tour. Those who missed La Notte or LยAvventura earlier in the series need not despair: The Passenger combines old-world refinement and American sensibility in quintessentially Antonioni-esque proportions. And the chance to see pre-schlub Nicholson is always worth a go.
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This article appears in Oct 4-10, 2007.