Italian Director Michelangelo Antonioni waves to peolpe prior to the start of the screening of the movie

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, 90, poses with his wife Enrica Fico in Venice 05 September 2002. Antonioni will receive the San Marco award for his career at the 59th Venice Film festival.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, 90, poses with his wife Enrica Fico in Venice 05 September 2002. Antonioni will receive the San Marco award for his career at the 59th Venice Film festival.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (C) receives his life-time achievement award with the help of his assistant during the closing ceremony of the 24th Cairo International Film Festival 18 November 2000.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI NA FESTIWALU FILMOWYM W BELFORT Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (R) is applauded by French Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement 22 November at the Entrevues Film Fesitival of Belfort, which presented an hommage to Antonioni's work. ChevA?nement was recently released from the hospital after recovering from an extended coma, following an adverse reaction to anesthesia during an operation. (IMAGE ELECTRONIQUE)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI NA FESTIWALU FILMOWYM W BELFORT Photo prise le 22 novembre du ma??tre du cin??ma italien Michelangelo Antonioni se prot??geant des projecteurs lors d'un hommage ?. son oeuvre rendu par le festival "Entrevues" du film de Belfort. (IMAGE ELECTRONIQUE)

Italian film director, Michelangelo Antonioni with his wife Enrica, shown together on a visit to the Los Angeles area at the Sunset Marquee in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1995. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (L) and German director Wim Wenders hold hands 03 September during a press conference held to present Antonioni's new movie "Par Dela les Nuages," an Italian,German and French joint production. Wenders assisted Antonioni during the making of the movie,who will be present out of competition during the 52nd Venice Film Festival.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP US actor Jack Nicholson (L) poses with Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni 27 March at the 67th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Antonioni received an honorary Oscar from Nicholson for his lifetime career in film.

Jack Nicholson, left, presents an honorary Oscar to director Michelangelo Antonioni in recognition of his achievements as a master visual stylist at the 67th annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Monday, March 27, 1995. (AP Photo/Lois Bernstein)

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS US actor Jack Nicholson (R) talks with Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni 26 March during rehearsals for the 67th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Antonioni will receive an honorary Oscar for his film work.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni is pictured with his wife Enrica during the European Film Award, where he received a "Felix" for life-time achievement in movie business, 04 December 1993 in the Babelsberg Filmstudios in Postdam near Berlin. Le r??alisateur italien Michelangelo Antonioni (n?? le 29 septembre 1912) est photographi?? avec sa femme Enrica, le 04 d??cembre 1993, lors de la remise des prix de l'European Film Award, ?. l'issue de laquelle il a re??u le prix "F??lix" dans les studios Babelsberg ?. Postdam, prA?s de Berlin.

Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni is pictured 04 February 1993 in Paris, one month after being treated for a brain haemmorage. Portrait du r??alisateur italien Michelangelo Antonioni (n?? le 29 septembre 1912) pris, le 04 f??vrier 1993 ?. Paris, un mois et demi aprA?s le traitement de r????ducation qu'il a suivi ?. l'h??pital de Ferrare (Italie) aprA?s une congestion c??r??brale. (FILM) AFP PHOTO

Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni is accompanied by actress Maria Schneider as he arrives for the opening of the

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni (born on 29 September 1912) is pictured in Paris 23 November 1990. Portrait du r??alisateur italien Michelangelo Antonioni (n?? le 29 septembre 1912) pris le 23 novembre 1990 ?. Paris.

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni is embraced by actress Monica Vitti after receiving the Special 35th Anniversary Award for his film

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Film directors, American Billy Wilder (L) and Italian Michelangelo Antonioni (R) discuss, 14 May 1982, during the 35th International Cannes Film festival. Les r??alisateurs de films, l'Am??ricain Bill Wilder (G) et l'Italien Michelangelo Antonioni (D) conversent, le 14 mai 1982 ?. Cannes, lors du 35A?me festival international du film.

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, at right, is honored by Paul Guimard at the 35th Cannes Film Festival, May 14, 1982 at the opening night ceremony. Antonioni was honored as an outstanding director of the past 35 years in international cinema. Guimard, at left, is French President Francois Mitterrand's special representative at the film festival at Cannes, France. (AP Photo/ Jean Jacques Levy)

French actress Maria Schneider with Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 1975, where they are presenting their film "The Passenger" (Profession: Reporter) in which Jack Nicholson, unseen, plays the reporter. (AP Photo)

Jack Nicholson / Professione: Reporter 1975 directed by Michelangelo Antonioni