Trivia / Michelangelo Antonioni

• Black Sheep Hit: His most famous and successful film is Blow Up largely because of it setting, use of music and for its breaking of the nudity taboo of The Hays Code. This has obscured his earlier films which were set in Italy, colder in style and a lot more moody. Likewise, Blow-Up alongside The Passenger also have strong male leads, when most of his other films had female leads.
• Creator Couple: He and Monica Vitti (who appeared in five of his films) were in a relationship for The '60s and they even lived together.
• What Could Have Been; Antonioni was eager to engaged either Gina Lollobrigida or Sophia Loren in La Signora Senza Camelie. He did not succeed with both.

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