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A second blow to cinema: Antonioni dies at 94

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Associated Press Posted: Aug 01, 2007 at 0002 hrs IST
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‘Austere, Elegant, Enigmatic, Haunting’

Graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in economics.

In 1940, he moved to Rome, where he worked with Cinema, the official Fascist film magazine edited by Benito Mussolini’s son, Vittorio. He was fired a few months later.

His first real involvement in filmmaking came when he helped write the script of Roberto Rossellini’s Fascist-sponsored Una Pilota Ritorna in 1942.

In 1972, at the invitation of the Chinese Government in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, Antonioni visited China and made the documentary Chung Kuo/Cina.

AWARDS

1995: Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement

1983: Golden Lion (Venice Film festival) for lifetime achievement

1982: 35th anniversary prize at Cannes for Identificazione di una donna

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1967: Palme d’Or for Blow Up. The film is also said to be the inspiration for Ketan Mehta’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron

1961: Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival) for La Notte

1962: Jury prize at Cannes for L’ Avventura

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