Italian film legend Antonioni dies
Afp, Rome
Director Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the last great figures in Italian cinema, has died at the age of 94, ANSA news agency reported Tuesday quoting his family. Antonioni, who made only about 20 films, died at his home on Monday night, the report said. His major movies included "Blow Up", made in England in 1966, "L'Avventura" ("The Adventure") in 1960, and his 1975 work "The Passenger", starring Jack Nicholson. "Blow Up" won Antonioni the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival in 1967, while the Venice film festival honoured him with the Golden Lion for "Red Desert" (1964) and a career Golden Lion in 1983, followed two years later by a career Oscar. Born in Ferrara, northern Italy, on September 29, 1912, into a well-to-do family, Antonioni excelled in economics at the University of Bologna.
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