Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni by Duncan, Paul. paperback edition. ISBN: 9783822830895.

""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.