Final tributes paid to cinema's 'poet of alienation'.
Italian directing legend Michelangelo Antonioni, who died earlier this week aged 94, was buried on Thursday in his hometown of Ferrara in northern Italy.Cult German director Wim Wenders and veteran Italian poet and screenplay writer Tonino Guerra were among those who attended the funeral ceremony at Ferrara's San Giorgio Basilica.The church and the piazza outside were packed with mourners wishing to pay their last respects to Italy's 'poet of alienation'.Antonioni died on Monday evening at his home in Rome.He had been partially paralysed and unable to speak since suffering a near-fatal stroke in 1985.The maker of groundbreaking movies such as L'Avventura and Blowup, Antonioni is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century whose portrayals of modern angst and isolation have inspired directors the world over.
