The song "L'ECLISSE TWIST" was composed by GIOVANNI FUSCO and sung by MINA (Anna Maria Mazzini). It was the theme song of the Italian-French drama film "L'Eclisse" (The Eclipse) of 1962, directed by Master Michelangelo Antonioni with brilliant Monica Vitti and Alain Delon in the main cast. Last part of Michelangelo Antonioni's unintentional "Trilogy of Incommunicability" on alienation in modern society. The previous sequence is "L'Avventura" and "La Notte". It is a feature film where a metaphor of the city's architecture was used to express the void between the characters. A masterpiece and landmark of modern cinema. He received the "Special Jury Prize" (Prix spécial du jury) at the 15th Festival de Cannes in 1962 and nomination for the "Gold Palm" (Palme d'Or).* [Curiosity: The film "The Payer of Promises" (O Pagador de Promessas) (click for details - text Rafael Novelo in portuguese) of Portuguese-Brazilian production by Anselmo Duarte, based on the play by Dias Gomes with a notable cast by Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Norma Bengell, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos, Antonio Pitanga was the winner of the maximum award "Palme d'Or" at this Cannes Film Festival as the best film. And the following year in 1963, the nomination for the best foreign language film at the 35th Academy Awards (The Oscar). An unprecedented and unique fact achieved by Brazil.]
THE VENTURES rescued this song in 2003 and made its instrumental version with Gerry McGee, Bob Spalding, Bob Bogle, Leon Taylor and Keyboards Billy Mac. It was recorded on a CD entitled "Your Hit Parade 60's" and released by M&I Company, Japan (MYCV-30195).
"L'ECLISSE TWIST" - MINA (1962) versione italiana
"L'ECLIPSE TWIST" - MINA (1962) version française
"TWIST DEGLI AMANTI "L'ECLISSE" - THE VENTURES (2003)
