| | For St. Ignatius Loyola's Day:
Italian Director Antonioni
Dies at 94
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 31, 2007
Filed with The New York Times at 5:14 a.m. ET
"ROME
(AP) -- Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, best known for his
movies 'Blow-Up' and 'L'Avventura,' has died, officials and news
reports said Tuesday. He was 94.
The ANSA news agency said that Antonioni died at his home on Monday evening.
'With
Antonioni dies not only one of the greatest directors but also a master
of modernity,' Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said in a statement.
In
1995, Hollywood honored Antonioni's career work-- 25 films and several
screenplays-- with a special Oscar for lifetime achievement."
Related material:
- "Zabriskie Point" (1970), a film by Antonioni.
"The name refers to Zabriskie Point
in Death Valley, the location of the film's famous desert love scene,
in which members of the Open Theatre simulate an orgy." --Wikipedia
- Play It As It Lays (1970), a novel by Joan Didion
- Log24: The Word in the Desert
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