Facts about Michelangelo Antonioni

Occup.Director
FromItaly
BornSeptember 29, 1912
DiedJune 30, 2007
Aged94 years

Summary

Michelangelo Antonioni was a famous Director from Italy, who lived between September 29, 1912 and June 30, 2007. He/she became 94 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by Michelangelo.

18 Famous quotes by Michelangelo Antonioni

Small: Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot
"Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot"
Small: I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasnt advanced as far as science
"I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science"
Small: I began taking liberties a long time ago now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the r
"I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules"
Small: Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the
"Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance"
Small: In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!
"In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!"
Small: I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be
"I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like"
Small: Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing
"Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing"
Small: We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mea
"We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean"
Small: When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts
"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them"
Small: I dont want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society...
"I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth"
Small: You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator
"You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters"
Small: When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something I simply shoot it
"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it"
Small: All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cu
"All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks"
Small: When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does
"When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film"
Small: Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer
"Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer"
Small: But, you know, Cronaca isnt more innovative than what comes after
"But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after"
Small: I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is
"I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space"
Small: A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own
"A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own"