Michelangelo Antonioni delivers yet another masterful cinematic expose with BLOW UP, his controversial first English-speaking film, a provocative mystery set in the seamy mod culture of London. The film follows a well-known, fashion photographer (David Hemmings) who captures evidence of a murder when he takes some innocent .. Read more
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, The Yardbirds |
|---|---|
| Director | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Genres | Drama |
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Michelangelo Antonioni delivers yet another masterful cinematic expose with BLOW UP, his controversial first English-speaking film, a provocative mystery set in the seamy mod culture of London. The film follows a well-known, fashion photographer (David Hemmings) who captures evidence of a murder when he takes some innocent snapshots of a couple in the park. As he digs deeper and deeper into the photograph's actual negative in order to unravel the mystery, he also must contend with a seemingly dangerous woman (Vanessa Redgrave) who knows more than she is letting on. Atmospheric, tense, with a refreshing jolt of humour, Antonioni's stylish thriller influenced the work of many of cinema's most celebrated directors, including Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION, Brian De Palma's BLOW OUT, and David Lynch's BLUE VELVET.
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, The Yardbirds |
|---|---|
| Director | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Apr 2004 Production year: 1966 |
| Format | DVD |
As often with Antonioni, a film riddled with moments of brilliance and scuppered by infuriating pretensions; full of... read more on Time Out
Tales of the totally predictable stretched to 2 hours of tedium. Ground breaking stuff in its day I'm led to believe Thankfully it had been broken before I was of an age to take an interest in films.
The final scene is as bad as it gets.
A must!
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