Neorealism taught us to follow the characters with the camera, allowing each shot its own real interior time. Well, I became tired of all this; I could no longer stand real time. In order to function, a shot must show… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let go of everything he's got inside. I always try to tone down the acting, because my stories demand… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
When you work on a character, you form in your mind an image of what he ought to look like. Then you go and… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
My films always leave me unsatisfied, since I've always worked under fairly disastrous conditions economically. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
All I know is that we are loaded down with old and stale stuff - habits, customs, old attitudes already dead and gone. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I'm not rich and maybe I'll never be rich. Money is useful - yes - but I don't worship it. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I believe in the autobiographical concept only to the degree that I am able to put onto film all that's passing through my head… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
You can't go to an LSD or pot party unless you take it yourself. If I want to go, I must take drugs myself. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I want an actor to try to give me what I ask in the best and most exact way possible. He mustn't try to… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
