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Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes

Michelangelo Antonioni quotes

Italian Director September 29, 1912 – June 30, 2007

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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. Michelangelo Antonioni
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. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard..."
I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules. Michelangelo Antonioni
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. Michelangelo Antonioni
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. Michelangelo Antonioni
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. Michelangelo Antonioni
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. Michelangelo Antonioni
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. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still..."
Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is..."
I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot..."
When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a..."
I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot."
Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes..."
But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after. Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni quote: "We live in a society that compels us to go on using these..."
We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean. Michelangelo Antonioni

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