Michelangelo Antonioni [Paperback]

Seymour Chatman (Author), Paul Duncan (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Mid-Size | Publication Date: May 1, 2004

"It was precisely by photographing and enlarging the surface of the things around me that I sought to discover what was behind those things." -- Michelangelo Antonioni With L'Avventura he piqued the world's curiosity. With La Notte and L'Eclisse, he mystified audiences and broke hearts. With Red Desert, his first color picture, he blurred all the lines between art, cinema, and still photography. Continuing his creative explosion with Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point, The Passenger, and The Identification of a Woman, Michelangelo Antonioni cemented his reputation as the most innovative and artistic filmmaker of his generation. With a plethora of illustrations, drawn in part from Antonioni's own archives, this book explores his life and career from his earliest documentaries to his latest collaborations.

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"It was precisely by photographing and enlarging the surface of the things around me that I sought to discover what was behind those things." - Michelangelo Antonioni"

About the Author

Seymour Chatman is Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Film Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his publications are Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film (1978), Coming to Terms: the Rhetoric of Narrative in Fiction and Film (1990), and Antonioni, or the Surface of the World (1985). His recent articles include discussions of narratology, film adaptation, parody, and the theory of literature and cinema.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822830895
• ISBN-13: 978-3822830895
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,416,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)