Early_life Michelangelo_Antonioni




while still child, antonioni fond of drawing , music. precocious violinist, gave first concert @ age of nine. although abandoned violin discovery of cinema in teens, drawing remain lifelong passion. have never drawn, child, either puppets or silhouettes rather facades of houses , gates. 1 of favorite games consisted of organizing towns. ignorant in architecture, constructed buildings , streets crammed little figures. invented stories them. these childhood happenings - eleven years old - little films.


upon graduation university of bologna degree in economics, started writing local ferrara newspaper il corriere padano in 1935 film journalist.


in 1940, antonioni moved rome, worked cinema, official fascist film magazine edited vittorio mussolini. however, antonioni fired few months afterward. later year enrolled @ centro sperimentale di cinematografia study film technique, left after 3 months. subsequently drafted army. during war antonioni survived being condemned death member of italian resistance.








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