Blow Up details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | The Yardbirds, Sarah Miles, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave |
| Director: | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Collections: | April Picks, Exclusive!, November Picks |
| Name | Discs | |
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Blow Up |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 46 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 12 Apr 2004 |
| Main languages: | English |
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nonsense...
By a customer from Hove , 30 Jun 2008THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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(73)Mmm, it's famous but should you bother?
By margo_channing (12 reviews) , 01 Sep 2012Glad I've seen it. And strangely, some bits have stuck in my mind since. I'm not an obsessive of the sixties and found the datedness of the movie offputting, but there must have been something about it that it is still popping up. The main protagonist isn't a particularly nice man, and that's the point, he's bored with himself and bored with his art. But it is always harder to connect with a film when you don't like the person you're watching. I think there are other films that probably explore this idea better but damned if I can name them now, so see it for yourself, make your own mind up.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Nice props
By TobyMadrigal (1 review) , 26 Jun 2012I've always liked this film, the 'Chinese eye' - (so called because of the arrangment of the headlamps) on the Rolls kept me watching it time and again. The car radio telephone system is a relic in itself. I remember them in use in the North in the 60s, it was called: 'Aircall.'
If you look on eBay under Nikon F camera, some sellers of chrome Nikon F cameras with the non-metering head will tell you that you too can be just like David Hemmings in blowup!
Based on Bailey ( albeit very loosely) Bailey commented on it on TV not long ago saying he still had the propeller!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Interesting of its time
By a customer from Hertfordshire , 05 Apr 2012...but it's not quite as good as it looks at first glance.
You keep watching because the style and characterisation are interesting. But it's spoiled by a 60s self-importance that makes it linger where it should be moving on, and the characters don't draw you in as they should.
You feel it was made for itself, not for its audience.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Blow (it) up
By Fakirkbairn (10 reviews) from Hertford , 29 Feb 2012I didn't enjoy this film at all - it took so long to get going that I quickly became bored with it and turned it off. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Look Harder
By Breathe (40 reviews) from Leeds , 25 Jan 2012I 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 perceived in many different ways.
This certainly came under that category, and I wasn't surprised to read negative reviews accusing this movie of being boring and too slow. This is, pure and simple, a signature movie, made by an artist no different than the men and women who cut cows in half or throw paint at a white canvas. The trouble with that is, it certainly won't be to the taste of viewers who want an easy ride, hence the negativity towards it.
In my opinion, this is a movie which deserves and needs a viewers concentration and patience, because like the mime artists playing tennis at the end, if you look hard enough, you may see what you want to see.
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