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Michelangelo Antonioni (September 29, 1912 – July 30, 2007) was an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. Here's what I know about the auteur; what do you know?

	Was a debter of Italian neorealism.
	Burglars stole an Oscar, awarded for career achievement, from his Rome apartment during the Christmas holidays in 1996.
	1940, worked as an editorial secretary for "Cinema", an entertainment magazine published by the Fascist Entertainment Guild, and edited by the son of Benito Mussolini.
	1985 suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and unable to speak. He was unable to finish any film project until 1995, when he released Al di là delle nuvole, co-directed by German director Wim Wenders.
	His films were extremely influential on subsequent art films: "more than any other director, he encouraged filmmakers to explore elliptical and open-ended narrative".

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Comments: I don't really care for Antonioni's films. The open-ended narratives drive me nuts! Comment by: buccicone.2