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1966

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Starring	Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Sarah Miles
Director	Michelangelo Antonioni
Genres	Drama

Blow Up

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod Swinging London. Filled with ennui, bored with his fab but oddly-lifeless existence of casual sex and drug use, Thomas comes alive when he wanders through a park, stops to take pictures of a couple embracing, and upon developing the images, believes that he has photographed a murder. Pursued by Jane (Vanessa Redgrave), the woman who is in the photos, Thomas pretends to give her the pictures, but in reality, he passes off a different roll of film to her. Thomas returns to the park and discovers that there is, indeed, a dead body lying in the shrubbery: the gray-haired man who was embracing Jane. Has she murdered him, or does Thomas' photo reveal a man with a gun hiding nearby? Antonioni's thriller is a puzzling, existential, adroitly-assembled masterpiece.~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Starring	Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Sarah Miles, The Yardbirds
Director	Michelangelo Antonioni
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 46 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 1966 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 09 Jul 2010 To Rent: DVD: 12 Apr 2004
Watch now	£2.49

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- As often with Antonioni, a film riddled with moments of brilliance and scuppered by infuriating pretensions; full of... read more on Time Out
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  The only reason that this film deserves the one star, is that the premise is quite good and could have made a decent thriller. 'Blow Out' by dePalma ... read more »
  
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  I have always admired writers and directors who allow the audience to think for themselves, who somehow manage to create a piece of fiction which can be ... read more »
  
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  I have looked forward to watching this film for quite a long time. I am interested in the 60s , photography and good films. I settled down with anticipation.read more »
  
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  one of the most boring films i have ever sat through. no, sorry, THE most boring film i have ever sat through. indeed it got switched off after an hr and a half... read more »
  
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Carter named best of British
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Michael Caine's tough-as-nails gangster flick Get Carter has been named the greatest British film ever in a new poll. ShortList magazine named the 1971 story of murder and revenge as its number one ahead of 1979 cult classic Quadrophenia and another Michael Caine classic, The Italian Job. Also named in the top ten were 1987 luvvies-on-the-lash comedy Withnail & I, Bob Hoskins' own gangster flick The Long Good Friday and Daniel Craig's debut as 007, Casino Royale. Seventh place on the list... Read more
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  Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod Swinging London. Filled with ennui, bored with his fab ...