“There are many ways of communicating. Some hold the theory that new forms of communication between people can be obtained through hallucinogenic drugs.” PeopleWayFormTheoryCommunicationDrugCommunicateHallucinogenic Drugs Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Innovation comes spontaneously. I don't know if I've done anything new. If I have, it's just because I had begun to feel for some time that I couldn't stand certain films, certain modes, certain ways of telling a story, certain tricks of plot development, all of it predictable and useless.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsDoneStoriesFilmCertainDevelopmentInnovationTricksUselessPlotPredictable 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
“The way I relax, what I like doing most, is watching. That's why I like traveling, to have new things before my eyes - even a new face. I enjoy myself like that and can stay for hours, looking at things, people, scenery.” PeopleWayEyeFacesEnjoyHoursRelaxNew ThingsSceneryNew Faces 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
“I want an actor to try to give me what I ask in the best and most exact way possible. He mustn't try to find out more, because then there's the danger that he'll become his own director.” WayWantGivingTryingActorsAsksDangerDirectorsGive Me Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Monica Vitti is astonishingly mobile. Few actresses have such mobile features. She has her own personal and original way of acting.” WayActingOriginalsActressesFeaturesMobileMonica Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Ingmar Bergman is a long way from me, but I admire him. He, too, concentrates a great deal on individuals; and although the individual is what interests him most, we are very far apart. His individuals are very different from mine; his problems are different from mine - but he's a great director. So is Fellini, for that matter.” WayLongDifferentMatterProblemIndividualInterestDealsMinesDirectorsAdmireLong WayBergman Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Everyone has understood me in his own way. But I would have to understand myself first in order to judge - and so far, I haven't.” WayFirstsOrderHavensJudgingUnderstood 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
“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.” WayTryingWholeCharacterProblemFilmFightingSinCuttingFailingConscienceTricksBags Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
