Michelangelo Antonioni

About this book

""It was precisely by photographing and enlarging the surface of the things around me that I sought to discover what was behind those things."" -- Michelangelo Antonioni With LAvventura he piqued the worlds curiosity. With La Notte and LEclisse he mystified audiences and broke hearts. With Red Desert his first color picture he blurred all the lines between art cinema and still photography. Continuing his creative explosion with Blow-Up Zabriskie Point The Passenger and The Identification of a Woman Michelangelo Antonioni cemented his reputation as the most innovative and artistic filmmaker of his generation. With a plethora of illustrations drawn in part from Antonionis own archives this book explores his life and career from his earliest documentaries to his latest collaborations.