Title: Blow-Up
Original Title: Blowup
Year: 1966
Info
- Country: UK Italy
- Length: 111 Minutes (1 hour 51 min)
- Budget: $1,800,000
- Genre: Drama Thriller Mystery
- Studios: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
- Distributor: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
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
Director:
Jane
Patricia
Thomas
Bill
Ron
The Blonde
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Trivia
London
Even though the film was set in London, Michelangelo Antonioni was adamant that the story wasn't necessarily about London.
Evabritt Strandberg
Michelangelo Antonioni's first choice for the role of Jane was the Swedish actress Evabritt Strandberg, after spotting her in Bo Widerberg's film Kärlek 65 (1965). She went to London to meet Antonioni. He approved of her, but the three MGM bosses present at the meeting didn't like her "big nose". The role went to Vanessa Redgrave.
The Velvet Underground
Michelangelo Antonioni's original choice for the rock band was The Velvet Underground but there were problems over their work permits at the time. The In Crowd (who later became Tomorrow) were then offered the cameo but dropped out at the last minute, and the guitar destroyed by Jeff Beck - probably in emulation of The Who's Pete Townshend - was owned by The In Crowd guitarist Steve Howe.
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