安東尼奧尼因為《中國》受到的批判對他本人來說,是痛苦的,也對他之後的電影拍攝工作產生了重大影響。當年,針對來自中國對他的批判,他曾在公開發表的聲明中說:「我想讓中國人知道:戰爭期間,作為一名抵抗分子,我曾被判處過死刑!」(「I want the Chinese to know this: during the war, as a member of Resistance, I was condemned to death!」 Antonioni after China: Art versus Science ,Gideon Bachmann, Antonioni,Film Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4, Special Book Issue , pp. 26-30)