A second blow to cinema: Antonioni dies at 94

‘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

• 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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