THE FILM WORLD LOSES TWO OF THE GREATEST DIRECTORS

Film legend Michelangelo Antonioni, director of the 1960s hit "Blow Up" and one of the last figures of Italy's golden age of cinema, has died at age 94, his family said Tuesday.

Antonioni, who made only about 20 films, died at his home in Rome on Monday night with his wife Enrica Fico by his side, the ANSA news agency reported.

His body is to lie in state in the elegant Sala della Protomoteca at Rome's city hall, the Campidoglio, on Wednesday morning to allow friends and colleagues to pay their last respects.