When we say a character in my films doesn't function, we mean he doesn't function as a person, but he does function as a character — that is, until you take him as a symbol. At that point it is you who are not functioning. Why not simply accept him as a character, without judging him? Accept him for what he is. Accept him as a character in a story, without claiming that he derives or acquires meaning from that story. There may be meanings, but they are different for all of us.


Encountering Directors interview (1969)

Michelangelo Antonioni Quotes

When we say a character in my films doesn't function, we mean he doesn't function as a person, but he does function as a character — that is, until ...

When we say a character in my films doesn't function, we mean he doesn't function as a person, but he does function as a character — that is, until ...

When we say a character in my films doesn't function, we mean he doesn't function as a person, but he does function as a character — that is, until ...

When we say a character in my films doesn't function, we mean he doesn't function as a person, but he does function as a character — that is, until ...