Michelangelo Antonioni 1912 - 2007

Leslie Cheung over 17 years ago

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni died at his home in Rome on Monday evening (July 30), aged 94.

Michelangelo Antonioni depicted alienation in the modern world through sparse dialogue and long takes. Along with Federico Fellini, he helped turn post-war Italian film away from the Neorealism movement and toward a personal cinema of imagination.

"With Antonioni dies not only one of the greatest directors but also a master of modernity," said Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni in a statement.

The news agency ANSA said that a funeral would be held Thursday in the director's home town of Ferrara in northern Italy.

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