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Antonioni. Dead.

 
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pharflung



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:08 pm    Post subject: Antonioni. Dead. Reply with quote

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/movies/31cnd-antonio.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

�L�Avventura,� "Blow Up," "Zabriskie Point," "The Passenger." More great films.

His films changed cinema, and they change you.

He died on July 30, oddly enough.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/07/first_ingmar_bergman_now_michelangelo_antonioni.html

More:

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-etantonioni0731,0,1750090.story?coll=ny-entertainment-headlines

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Media__Entertainment_/Entertainment/Movie_legend_Antonioni_passes_away/articleshow/2247386.cms

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12374699

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12374699

And, of course:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000774/
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contrarian



Joined: 20 Jan 2007
Location: Nearly in NK

PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good riddance. His stuff was stupid, pretentious and dull.
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pharflung



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

contrarian

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Good riddance. His stuff was stupid, pretentious and dull.


I think quite the opposite. But you are certainly entitled to your opinion. Just out of curiousity, what sort of movies and directors do you find intelligent, unpretentious and interesting?
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Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...

PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Given what we know of Contrarian, my guess: Cecil B. DeMille
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