The director Michelangelo Antonioni’s first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal…
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‧‧‧ One of 255The director Michelangelo Antonioni’s first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod Swinging London.
David Hemmings was annoyed to see that Michelangelo Antonioni was shaking his head back and forth in the gesture that he had interpreted as negative during his audition process. However, he soon realized that the gesture was simply a tic and had no negative meaning at all. ‘Once the mystery was solved,’ he said, ‘I was prepared to love him; and I never told him about the week of hell he’d put me through as a result of his affliction.’
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