Michelangelo Antonioni
Director
1912-09-29 – 2007-07-30
Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director and screenwriter associated with postwar European art cinema. His films explored alienation, modernity, and visual minimalism, influencing generations of filmmakers. Works such as LAvventura and Blow-Up remain central to film history.
Quotes by Michelangelo Antonioni
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You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters.
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I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.
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A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.
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Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.
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