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Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes

But, you know, cronaca isn’t more innovative than what comes after Picture Quote #1

Often to understand, we have to look into emptiness Picture Quote #1

My work is like digging, it’s archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That’s how I understand my first films, and that’s what I’m still doing Picture Quote #1

A film that can be described in words is not really a film Picture Quote #1

A man who renounces something is also a man who believes in something Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer Picture Quote #1

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own Picture Quote #1

Hollywood doesn’t believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing Picture Quote #1

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying Picture Quote #1

You mustn’t ask me to explain everything I do. I can’t. That’s that. How can I say why at a certain moment I needed this. How can I explain why I needed a confusion of colors? Picture Quote #1

Is it important to show why a character is what he is? No. He is. That’s all Picture Quote #1

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I always want to tell stories. But they must be stories that evolve, like our own lives. Perhaps what I seek is a new kind of story Picture Quote #1

My characters are ambiguous. Call them that. I don’t mind. I am ambiguous myself. Who isn’t? Picture Quote #1

Modern life is very difficult for people who are unprepared. But this new environment will eventually facilitate more realistic relationships between people Picture Quote #1

I would like to make clear that I speak only of sensations. I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like Picture Quote #1

I am not a theoretician of the cinema. If you ask me what directing is, the first answer that comes into my head is: I don’t know Picture Quote #1

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it. My technique, which differs from film to film, is wholly instinctive and never based on a priori considerations Picture Quote #1

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I rarely feel the desire to reread a scene the day before the shooting. Sometimes I arrive at the place where the work is to be done and I do not even know what I am going to shoot. This is the system I prefer: to arrive at the moment when shooting is about to begin, absolutely unprepared, virgin. I often ask to be left alone on the spot for fifteen minutes or half an hour and I let my thoughts wander freely Picture Quote #1

We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is another, and yet another behind the last one, and so on, up to the true image of that absolute, mysterious reality that no one will ever see Picture Quote #1

I may film scenes I had no intention of filming; things suggest themselves on location, and we improvise. I try not to think about it too much. Then, in the cutting room, I take the film and start to put it together, and only then do I begin to get an idea of what it is about Picture Quote #1

People are always misquoting me Picture Quote #1

I think people talk too much; that’s the truth of the matter. I do. I don’t believe in words. People use too many words and usually wrongly. I am sure that in the distant future people will talk much less and in a more essential way. If people talk a lot less, they will be happier. Don’t ask me why Picture Quote #1

Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing Picture Quote #1

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My work is like digging, it’s archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That’s how I understand my first films, and that’s what I’m still doing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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But, you know, cronaca isn’t more innovative than what comes after (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) Often to understand, we have to look into emptiness (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) My work is like digging, it’s archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That’s how I understand my first films, and that’s what I’m still doing... (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) A film that can be described in words is not really a film (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) A man who renounces something is also a man who believes in something (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) 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 Quotes) Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) Hollywood doesn’t believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing. (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) You mustn’t ask me to explain everything I do. I can’t. That’s that. How can I say why at a certain moment I needed this. How can I explain why I needed a confusion of colors? (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) Is it important to show why a character is what he is? No. He is. That’s all (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) I always want to tell stories. But they must be stories that evolve, like our own lives. Perhaps what I seek is a new kind of story (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) My characters are ambiguous. Call them that. I don’t mind. I am ambiguous myself. Who isn’t? (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) Modern life is very difficult for people who are unprepared. But this new environment will eventually facilitate more realistic relationships between people (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) I would like to make clear that I speak only of sensations. I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) I am not a theoretician of the cinema. If you ask me what directing is, the first answer that comes into my head is: I don’t know (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it. My technique, which differs from film to film, is wholly instinctive and never based on a priori considerations (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) I rarely feel the desire to reread a scene the day before the shooting. Sometimes I arrive at the place where the work is to be done and I do not even know what I am going to shoot. This is the system I prefer: to arrive at the moment when shooting is about to begin, absolutely unprepared, virgin. I often ask to be left alone on the spot for fifteen minutes or half an hour and I let my thoughts wander freely (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) We know that behind every image revealed there is another image more faithful to reality, and in the back of that image there is another, and yet another behind the last one, and so on, up to the true image of that absolute, mysterious reality that no one will ever see (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) I may film scenes I had no intention of filming; things suggest themselves on location, and we improvise. I try not to think about it too much. Then, in the cutting room, I take the film and start to put it together, and only then do I begin to get an idea of what it is about (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) People are always misquoting me (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) I think people talk too much; that’s the truth of the matter. I do. I don’t believe in words. People use too many words and usually wrongly. I am sure that in the distant future people will talk much less and in a more essential way. If people talk a lot less, they will be happier. Don’t ask me why (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) My work is like digging, it’s archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That’s how I understand my first films, and that’s what I’m still doing (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science (Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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