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

And with his overlong “Parthenope,” the mild suppressing of most of his Fellini-esque impulses in favor of a sexy Michelangelo Antonioni aura yields only scattershot results.

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