Antonioni

American  

[ahn-taw-nyaw-nee, an-toh-nee-oh-nee] / ˌɑn tɔˈnyɔ ni, ænˌtoʊ niˈoʊ ni /

noun

1. Michelangelo 1912–2007, Italian film director.

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Antonioni British  

/ ˌæntəʊnɪˈəʊnɪ /

noun

1. Michelangelo (mikeˈlandʒelo). 1912–2007, Italian film director; his films include L'Avventura (1959), La Notte (1961), Blow-Up (1966), Zabriskie Point (1970), Beyond the Clouds (1995), and Just To Be Together (2002)

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Example Sentences

Unconcerned with smallness, the movie comes within scraping distance of Michelangelo Antonioni’s cryptic 1970 “Zabriskie Point” and maybe “Quest for Fire” too, except this is a quest for beats, even as bodies break down.

From Los Angeles Times

As a green writer, Didion wrote movie reviews for William F. Buckley Jr.’s National Review, among other outlets, celebrating entertainment for its own sake and ignoring the incipient art-film movement of Jean-Luc Godard, John Cassavetes and Michelangelo Antonioni.

From Los Angeles Times

Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who worked with directors Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville and Michelangelo Antonioni, has died at age 88.

From Los Angeles Times

She modeled and got a small part in “Blow Up,” the 1966 film classic about the British modeling scene, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

From Los Angeles Times

He rarely took outside assignments, but spent two weeks shooting still photos in Death Valley on the set of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 film “Zabriskie Point,” and for three days in 1970 he photographed Muhammad Ali training in Miami for the Sunday Times in London.

From Los Angeles Times