Michelangelo Antonioni
September 29, 1912 · 113 years old
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" — L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962), as…
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15 titles
Blow-Up
A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
L'Avventura
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
The Passenger
Unable to find the war he has been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.
La Notte
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
L'Eclisse
A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
Red Desert
In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
Zabriskie Point
At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young revolutionary suspected of murder steals a plane and meets a girl.
Eros
Three short films, one each from Directors Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, and Wong Kar Wai, address the themes of love and sex.
Beyond the Clouds
Four stories about short or long relationships between men and women in Italy and France.
Il Grido
A man wanders aimlessly away from his town, away from the woman he loves, emotionally and socially inactive.
Le amiche
A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
Story of a Love Affair
Paola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
Identification of a Woman
A director's wife leaves him. He pursues another woman who also departs. This inspires a movie idea about women's relationships. He searches for an actress to star in the film and his life.
The Lady Without Camelias
A new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.
Chambre 666
During the '35th Cannes International Film Festival' (14th-26th May 1982), German director Wim Wenders asked a sample of 15 other international film directors to get, each one at a time, into the same hotel room to answer in solit...