Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

Although he found his directorial feet working alongside Roberto Rosselini producing short works of sympathetic neo-realism, he came into his own when his work engaged with the middle classes (see The Vanquished or The Lady Without Camellias). International success greeted his more radical and daring work in the sixties (see L'Avventura), succes... show more >

Although he found his directorial feet working alongside Roberto Rosselini producing short works of sympathetic neo-realism, he came into his own when his work engaged with the middle classes (see The Vanquished or The Lady Without Camellias). International success greeted his more radical and daring work in the sixties (see L'Avventura), success that drove Antonioni on to still greater heights with movies such as Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point and The Passenger. All told, Antonioni is a cinematic giant on a par with Kurosawa and Kieslowski. < show less