Michelangelo Antonioni

Undated photo of legendary Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni. Antonioni died Monday, July 30, 2007. He was 94 years old. Antonioni's depiction of alienation made him a symbol of art-house cinema thanks to movies such as "Blow-Up" and "L'Avventura." Along with Federico Fellini, he helped turn post-war Italian film away from the Neorealism movement and toward a personal cinema of imagination.

Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni shows his Special Jury prize for "l'Aventura" to Italian actress Monica Vitti, at the Cannes film festival, May 20, 1960. Antonioni died Monday, July 30, 2007. He was 94 years old.

Top Italian movie directors Michelangelo Antonioni , left, and Luchino Visconti, in a Rome Nov. 1, 1960, as movie personalities protested Italian authorities' growing censorship. Visconti's "Rooco and His Brothers" and Antonioni's "The Adventure" were effected, with authorities ordering the cutting of some scenes considered sexy or violent. Antonioni died Monday, July 30, 2007. He was 94 years old.

Michelangelo Antonioni waves at the Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, in this Sept. 16, 1964 file picture. Antonioni died Monday, July 30, 2007. He was 94 years old.

Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni is seen in this undated picture in Cannes, France. Antonioni's slow-moving camera never became synonymous with box-office success, but some of his movies such "Blow-Up," "Red Desert" and "The Passenger" reached enduring fame.

Michelangelo Antonioni, right, and Jack Nicholson are seen in Los Angeles April 28, 1975. Nicholson starred in the director's 1975 film "The Passenger."

Jack Nicholson, left, presents an honorary Oscar to director Michelangelo Antonioni in recognition of his achievements as a master visual stylist at the 67th annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Monday, March 27, 1995.

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni poses with the Golden Palm he was awarded in Cannes Wednesday May 7, 1997, at the opening of the 50th edition of the Cannes film festival. Antonioni died Monday, July 30, 2007.

American actress Melanie Griffith, right, looks at Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni on the stage of Taormina's "Teatro Greco," in Sicily, southern Italy, Sunday, July 9, 2000. Griffith received the Taormina Film Festival "Diamond Award" special prize for her career. Antonioni died Monday, July 30, 2007. He was 94 years old.

Moritz De Haldeln of Germany, director of the 59th Venice film festival, left, awards Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni with the "San Marco" prize, in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002. Antonioni's wife, Enrica Fico, is at right. "L'Avventura," an exploration of intellectual themes such as alienation and existential malaise and Antonioni's first critical success, made him "a hero of the highbrows."

Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni poses with his wife Enrica Fico in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002, at the 59th Venice Film Festival where he received the "San Marco" prize.

Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002. Antonioni was at the 59th Venice Film Festival to receive the "San Marco" prize in recognition of his long career -- about 25 films and several screenplays.