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 im… - Michelangelo Antonioni

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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.

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About Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered among the most influential in film aesthetics.

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