Michalangelo Antonioni Musum To Close

16-08-2007 21:01

Plans to permanently close a museum dedicated to Michelangelo Antonioni have angered the late Italian filmmaker's family and fans, just two weeks after he died.The Antonioni museum in Ferrara, Italy was closed for refurbishment in 2006, but a lack of funding now means it will not re-open.Located in the Blow-Up director's hometown, the museum contained several of Antonioni's short films and thousands of photographs he took on movie sets. Ferrara Mayor Gaetano Sateriale says, "We can instead consider establishing a film museum in remembrance not just of Antonioni, but of many other directors who chose Ferrara as a movie location.Antonioni, 94, died at his home in Rome on 31 July (07).The director began shhoting short films in the 1940s before going on to shoot full length features.He recieved international success with foreign language film Le Amiche which he followed up with La notte and L'eclisse.

He moved into English speaking movies with Blowup in 1966 starring David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave.

He went on to make Zabriskie Point adn The Passenger with Jack Nicholson.