Blow-Up

1966
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Title: Blow-Up

Original Title: Blowup

Year: 1966

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: March 16 1967
  • United States: December 18 1966

Plot

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

The film is written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, it was the winner of the Palme d'Or of the prestigious Cannes festival in 1967 and nominated for two Academy Awards. The cast is completed by Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle and Jane Birkin.

Awards

  • 1967 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 0
  • 1968 BAFTA Awards: 2 0

Cast

Videos

'Blowup' trailer 2:12

'Blowup' trailer

July 2 2017

Photos

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Trivia

Mad for painting

To help translate his vision of a specific heightened reality, Michelangelo Antonioni altered certain visuals by painting trees, streets, grass and houses in order to get the look he wanted on film.

Nikon

Thomas' workhorse camera was the then innovative Nikon F, the world's first 35mm SLR with full coupling of shutter and aperture with its exposure meter. Even though the particular model had been around since 1959, the glamorous publicity it received in the movie generated an unprecedented enthusiasm among camera buffs, professionals and amateurs alike.

London

Even though the film was set in London, Michelangelo Antonioni was adamant that the story wasn't necessarily about London.

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