It's Obvious That I Must Explain What I Want From An Actor, But I Don't Want To Discuss Everything I Ask Him To Do, Because Often My Requests Are Completely Instinctive And There Are Things I Can't Explain. It's Like Painting: You Don't Know Why You Use Pink Instead Of Blue. You Simply Feel That's How It Should Be - Pink. Then The Phone Rings And You Answer It. When You Come Back, You Don't Want Pink Anymore And You Use Blue - Without Knowing Why. You Can't Help It; That's Just The Way It Is.

-Michelangelo Antonioni

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It's Obvious That I Must Explain What

Michelangelo Antonioni

It's Obvious That I Must Explain What I Want From An Actor, But I Don't Want To Discuss Everything I Ask Him To Do, Because Often My Requests Are Completely Instinctive And There Are Things I Can't Explain. It's Like Painting: You Don't Know Why You Use Pink Instead Of Blue. You Simply Feel That's How It Should Be - Pink. Then The Phone Rings And You Answer It. When You Come Back, You Don't Want Pink Anymore And You Use Blue - Without Knowing Why. You Can't Help It; That's Just The Way It Is.

Topic

Phones

Blue

Knowing

It's Untrue To Say The Colors I Use Are Not Those Of Reality. They Are Real: The Red I Use Is Red; The Green, Green; Blue, Blue; And Yellow, Yellow. It's A Matter Of Arranging Them Differently From The Way I Find Them, But They Are Always Real Colors. So It's Not True That When I Tint A Road Or A Wall, They Become Unreal. They Stay Real, Though Colored Differently For My Scene.

Wall

Real

Blue