ingmar bergman & michelangelo antonioni

in a little while, i’ll have more to say about these 2 titans of art house cinema (especially in the 1960s) who passed on within hours of each other last week. but for now enjoy some images of each director and their muses plus posters from 2 of their well-known films, ‘persona’ and ‘l’eclisse.’

antonioni & the lovely monica vitti with the special jury prize from the 1960 cannes film festival. ‘l’avventura’ was intially booed by the audience until a group of directors and film critics stepped forward and signed and publicly presented a petition of their support for antionioni’s film, which lead to the special jury prize. antonioni’s reputation as a key figure in international art house cinema was forever cemented from this prize.