Antonioni’s three cinematic parables of alienation “L’Avventura” (“The Adventure”), “La Notte” (“The Night”) and “L’Eclisse” (“The Eclipse”) marked what film historian Andrew Turner called the discovery of a “new cinematic language.” (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Antonioni and fellow Italian director Federico Fellini in Cannes in 1971. (Michel Lipchitz / AP)
Antonioni and wife Enrica Fico in Venice, Italy, in September 2002. They were attending the Venice Film Festival, where he received the “San Marco” prize for his career. (Luca Bruno / AP)
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Michelangelo Antonioni in September 2006. A debilitating stroke in 1985 had severely limited his ability to speak. (Alessia Paradisi / EPA)
