Michelangelo Antonioni dies at 94

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Italian filmmaker Antonioni dies at 94

ROME (Reuters) - Michelangelo Antonioni, one of Italy's most influential post-war film directors whose portrayals of modern angst and alienation won him a cult following, has died aged 94.

Antonioni's career spanned six decades and he was honored with an Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1995, when he had been felled by a stroke and could barely talk.

His works included the Oscar-nominated "Blowup", "Zabriskie Point" and the internationally acclaimed "L'Avventura" (The Adventure).

His death late on Monday night followed that of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, who died on Monday aged 89.

source: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...23838420070731
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