“One of the problems of the future world will be the use of leisure time. How will it be filled up? Maybe drugs will be distributed free of charge by the government.” WorldUseProblemGovernmentDrugFilledLeisureLeisure TimeFilled UpFuture World Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“I never think in terms of alienation; it's the others who do. Alienation means one thing to Hegel, another to Marx and yet another to Freud; so it is not possible to give a single definition, one that will exhaust the subject. It is a question bordering on philosophy, and I'm not a philosopher nor a sociologist. My business is to tell stories, to narrate with images - nothing else. If I do make films about alienation - to use that word that is so ambiguous - they are about characters, not about me.” IfsThinkingGivingMeanPhilosophyCharacterStoriesUseFilmTermOne ThingSubjectsDefinitionsPhilosopherAlienationAmbiguousHegelSociologists Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Take Einstein; wasn't he looking for something stable and changeless in this enormous, constantly changing melting pot that is the universe? He sought fixed rules. Today, instead, it would be helpful to find all those rules that show how and why the universe is not fixed - how this dynamism develops and acts. Then maybe we will be able to explain many things, perhaps even art, because the old instruments of judgment, the old aesthetics, are no longer of any use to us - so much so that we no longer know what's beautiful and what isn't.” KnowsArtUseShowsWould BeTodayAbleBeautifulUniverseJudgmentArt IsInstrumentsEnormousFixedHelpfulPotStableAestheticsMeltingMelting PotDynamism Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“It's untrue to say the colors I use are not those of reality. They are real: The red I use is red; the green, green; blue, blue; and yellow, yellow. It's a matter of arranging them differently from the way I find them, but they are always real colors. So it's not true that when I tint a road or a wall, they become unreal. They stay real, though colored differently for my scene.” WayRealMatterUseRealityColorWallSceneRedBlueGreenYellowUnrealUntrueArrangingBlue And Yellow Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“It's obvious that I must explain what I want from an actor, but I don't want to discuss everything I ask him to do, because often my requests are completely instinctive and there are things I can't explain. It's like painting: You don't know why you use pink instead of blue. You simply feel that's how it should be - pink. Then the phone rings and you answer it. When you come back, you don't want pink anymore and you use blue - without knowing why. You can't help it; that's just the way it is.” KnowsWayWantFeelsShouldI CanHelpingUseActorsAsksAnswersKnowingPaintingBluePhonesObviousRingsRequest Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.” GivingI CanIdeasSometimesUseActorsMistakeGive MeSincere Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Favourite directors change, like favorite authors. I had a passion for Gide and Stein and Faulkner. But now they're no use to me anymore. I've assimilated them - so, enough, they are a closed chapter. This also applies to film directors.” EnoughUseFilmPassionDirectorsFavouriteChaptersFilm Directors Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayBelieveMatterUseAsksToo MuchEssentialsDon't BelieveAsk Me Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them.” MenUseLostSpaceConceptsBackgrounds Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
