Michelangelo Antonioni

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves read more

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.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will read more

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

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.