Career Michelangelo_Antonioni

1 career

1.1 film work
1.2 international recognition
1.3 later career

career
early film work

in 1942, antonioni co-wrote pilot returns roberto rossellini , worked assistant director on enrico fulchignoni s due foscari. in 1943, travelled france assist marcel carné on les visiteurs du soir , began series of short films gente del po (1943), story of poor fishermen of po valley. when rome liberated allies, film stock transferred fascist republic of salò , not recovered , edited until 1947 (the complete footage never retrieved). these films neorealist in style, being semi-documentary studies of lives of ordinary people.

however, antonioni s first full-length feature film cronaca di un amore (1950) broke away neorealism depicting middle classes. continued in series of other films: vinti ( vanquished , 1952), trio of stories, each set in different country (france, italy , england), juvenile delinquency; la signora senza camelie (the lady without camellias, 1953) young film star , fall grace; , le amiche (the girlfriends, 1955) middle class women in turin. il grido (the outcry, 1957) return working class stories, depicting factory worker , daughter. each of these stories social alienation.

international recognition

in le amiche (1955), antonioni experimented radical new style: instead of conventional narrative, presented series of apparently disconnected events, , used long takes part of film making style. antonioni returned use in l avventura (1960), became first international success. @ cannes film festival received mixture of cheers , boos, film popular in art house cinemas around world. la notte (1961), starring jeanne moreau , marcello mastroianni, , l eclisse (1962), starring alain delon, followed l avventura. these 3 films commonly referred trilogy because stylistically similar , concerned alienation of man in modern world. la notte won golden bear award @ 11th berlin international film festival, first color film, il deserto rosso (the red desert, 1964), deals similar themes, , considered fourth film of trilogy . of these films star monica vitti, lover during period.

antonioni signed deal producer carlo ponti allow artistic freedom on 3 films in english released mgm. first, blowup (1966), set in swinging london, major international success. script loosely based on short story devil s drool (otherwise known blow up) argentinian writer julio cortázar. although dealt challenging theme of impossibility of objective standards , ever-doubtable truth of memory, successful , popular hit audiences, no doubt helped sex scenes, explicit time. starred david hemmings , vanessa redgrave. second film zabriskie point (1970), first set in america , counterculture theme. soundtrack carried popular artists such pink floyd (who wrote new music film), grateful dead , rolling stones. however, release critical , commercial disaster. third, passenger (1975), starring jack nicholson , maria schneider, received critical praise, did poorly @ box office. out of circulation many years, re-released limited theatrical run in october 2005 , has subsequently been released on dvd.

in 1972, in between zabriskie point , passenger, antonioni invited mao government of people s republic of china visit country. made documentary chung kuo, cina, severely denounced chinese authorities anti-chinese , anti-communist . documentary had first showing in china on 25 november 2004 in beijing film festival hosted beijing film academy honor works of michelangelo antonioni.

later career

in 1980, antonioni made il mistero di oberwald (the mystery of oberwald), experiment in electronic treatment of color, recorded in video transferred film, featuring monica vitti once more. based on jean cocteau s play l aigle à deux têtes (the eagle 2 heads). identificazione di una donna (identification of woman, 1982), filmed in italy, deals 1 more time recursive subjects of italian trilogy. in 1985, antonioni suffered stroke, left him partly paralyzed , unable speak. however, continued make films, including beyond clouds (1995), wim wenders filmed scenes. wenders has explained, antonioni rejected material filmed wenders during editing, except few short interludes. shared fipresci prize @ venice film festival cyclo.

in 1994 given honorary academy award in recognition of place 1 of cinema s master visual stylists. presented him jack nicholson. months later, statuette stolen burglars , had replaced. previously, had been nominated academy awards best director , best screenplay blowup. antonioni s final film, made when in 90s, segment of anthology film eros (2004), entitled il filo pericoloso delle cose ( dangerous thread of things ). short film s episodes framed dreamy paintings , song michelangelo antonioni , composed , sung caetano veloso. however, not well-received internationally; in america, example, roger ebert claimed neither erotic nor eroticism. u.s. dvd release of film includes 2004 short film antonioni, lo sguardo di michelangelo (the gaze of michelangelo).

antonioni died aged 94 on 30 july 2007 in rome, same day renowned film director, ingmar bergman, died. antonioni lay in state @ city hall in rome large screen showed black-and-white footage of him among film sets , behind-the-scenes. buried in home town of ferrara on 2 august 2007.