http://ask.metafilter.com/225354/What-was-produced-at-the-Red-Desert-factory/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post What was produced at the "Red Desert" factory? Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:08:08 -0800 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:14:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/225354/What-was-produced-at-the-Red-Desert-factory What was produced at the factory at the beginning of Michelangelo Antonioni's <em>Red Desert</em>? <br /><br /> The factory was located in Ravenna, apparently. <a href="http://www.dreaminginitalian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Red-Desert-3.jpg">Here</a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X4K9jTS8Rig/TnjZttnyHdI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/qKw64PwNR2c/s1600/cap252.bmp">are</a> <a href="http://www.dreaminginitalian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Red-Desert-5.jpg">four</a> <a href="http://drupal.cdm.dsub.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_movie_image/movie_image/Red_Desert-finalfactory.gif">frames</a>. post:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225354 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:08:08 -0800 Egg Shen art movies film cinema italian antonioni ravenna italy location factory identification petrochemical methane resolved http://ask.metafilter.com/225354/What-was-produced-at-the-Red-Desert-factory#3260214 Wikipedia identifies it as a petrochemical plant. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225354-3260214 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:14:13 -0800 Admiral Haddock http://ask.metafilter.com/225354/What-was-produced-at-the-Red-Desert-factory#3260226 Check out the tenth photo on <a href="http://www.eni.com/en_IT/company/history/photographs/photo-history-archive/photo-history-archive.shtml">this page</a>, which according to the caption is "The Anic Ravenna methane cracking plant, 1960s." A Google Image search for <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=anic+ravenna&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS389&aq=f&sugexp=chrome,mod=3&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">anic ravenna</a> pulls a lot of similar images. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.225354-3260226 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:20:47 -0800 theodolite