When and where was Michelangelo Antonioni born?
Michelangelo Antonioni was born on the 29th of September 1912 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. He grew up in a prosperous family of landowners with parents named Ismaele Antonioni and Elisabetta Roncagli.
Michelangelo Antonioni was born on the 29th of September 1912 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. He grew up in a prosperous family of landowners with parents named Ismaele Antonioni and Elisabetta Roncagli.
L'Avventura became his first international success in 1960 followed by La notte in 1961 and L'Eclisse in 1962. These three films are often referred to as a trilogy along with Il deserto rosso which is sometimes considered the fourth film.
Chinese authorities labeled the resulting documentary Chung Kuo Cina anti-Chinese and anti-communist after he filmed it in 1972. The ban prevented its release for over three decades until it was first shown in Beijing on the 25th of November 2004.
Antonioni suffered a stroke in 1985 that left him aphasic and partly paralyzed yet he continued to direct films including Beyond the Clouds. Wim Wenders was hired as a back-up director but Antonioni rejected almost all material filmed by Wenders except for a few short interludes.
Michelangelo Antonioni died in Rome on the 30th of July 2007 and lay in state at City Hall where a large screen showed black-and-white footage of him among his film sets. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1995 for his place as one of cinema's master visual stylists.