“The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.”

— Michelangelo Antonioni

As quoted by the interviewer, from a preface to his screenplays
Encountering Directors interview (1969)

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Italian film director and screenwriter 1912–2007

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