Neorealism taught us to follow the characters with the camera, allowing each shot its own real interior time. Well, I became tired of all this; I could no longer stand real time. In order to function, a shot must show only what is useful. Michelangelo Antonioni More Quotes by Michelangelo Antonioni More Quotes From Michelangelo Antonioni Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot. Michelangelo Antonioni repetition shots trying I may film scenes I had no intention of filming; things suggest themselves on location, and we improvise. I try not to think about it too much. Then, in the cutting room, I take the film and start to put it together, and only then do I begin to get an idea of what it is about. Michelangelo Antonioni cutting ideas thinking Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing. Michelangelo Antonioni talking believe people I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space. Michelangelo Antonioni say see space want But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after. Michelangelo Antonioni than more know you