Blow-Up (1966)
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Duration: 111 minuten
Alternative titles: Blowup / Blow Up
Country:
United Kingdom / Italy / United States
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Stars: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and Sarah Miles
IMDb score:
7,4 (72.261)
Releasedate: 18 December 1966
Blow-Up plot
"Sometimes, reality is the strangest fantasy of all."
Director Antonioni paints a picture of swinging London in the 60s and does so with the story of the photographer Thomas (Hemmings). He takes snapshots of two people in love in the park. When enlarging the photo, he appears to have photographed a murder, after which an intriguing search begins.
Actors and actresses
Thomas
Jane
Patricia
Bill
Verushka
The Blonde
The Brunette
Ron
Mime
Mime
Reviews & comments
Leland Palmer
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- 23787 messages
- 4904 votes
Antonioni! Really. After 'Zabriskie Point' a new masterpiece from the man. What a movie! Is everything as it seems? Do we understand things as they really are? Are all things around us like that? Or do we think too much, does one influence the other and is the reality of what people think and how things really work are slightly different. The ending scene with the ''tennis ball'' (and the bouncing sound all at once) sums it all up perfectly.
'Blowup' is a succession of fantastic scenes; Hemmings in his fat car, the (photo) studio of the man, the women, the propeller, the stoeisscene with the 2 ladies is nothing less than brilliant, the walks in the park (the photos + locating the body) are terribly compelling (the sounds too; the wind, the branches; beautiful) and from the moment that all photos + negatives are missing from his studio[ /spoiler] Antonioni throws in yet another twist. This movie has so much. Beautiful.
And all that cast in a wonderful 60s atmosphere. The clothing, the hairstyles, the decoration of the houses, a performance by Yardbirds (also a wonderful scene during that concert) and the fine camera angles that Antonioni often uses. A pleasure to watch this. Had this print ready for ages - somehow it never got around to it, but I'm glad to have finally seen this print.
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baspls
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- 4118 messages
- 1673 votes
Ever since I saw Brian De Palma's Blow Out I've been curious about Blowup. Blowup has been the inspiration for De Palma's Thriller. In addition, the concept of the film is very strong.
In 1960s London, a young impulsive photographer takes pictures of a couple in the park. When he later makes an enlargement of one of the photos, he finds out that he has photographed a murder.
David Hemmings (who would later play in Dario Argento's Giallo Profondo Rosso) plays a rather impulsive photographer who doesn't seem to rest for a second. As a result, it almost seems that the film contains hardly any time jumps. It even gives me the impression that there was no script and Antonioni made up the whole movie on the spot. Because 80% of the film actually has no added value for the story at all. The main character walks into a club out of nowhere where a The Yardbirds give a performance. A guitar is smashed and the photographer finds it necessary to get hold of it for some reason.
It seems that Antonioni was only trying to paint a picture of the time in the 1960s and not to tell a story. As a result, the film is quite boring and even difficult to sit through. The story only started to get really interesting halfway through and is eventually completely forgotten. The photographer does absolutely nothing with his discovery.
All in all, not a pleasant introduction to the much-praised Michelangelo Antonioni, I certainly do not see the brilliance of this film. In itself an interesting image of the time and especially the combination of the very latest trends together with the omnipresent remnants of the industrial period of London. But for that you can also just put on a movie like Frenzy by Hitchcock.
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