Blow-Up (1966)
- Starring:
- David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of 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, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 111 mins
Complete Cast of Blow-Up
- David Hemmings - Thomas
- Sarah Miles - Patricia
- John Castle - Painter
- Gillian Hills - The Brunette
- Veruschka - Model
- Jeff Beck - Himself with The Yardbirds
- Julian Chagrin - Mime
- Harry Hutchinson - Shopkeeper
- Vanessa Redgrave - Jane
- Peter Bowles - Ron
- Jane Birkin - Girl
- Susan Broderick - Antique Shop Owner
- Jimmy Page - Himself with The Yardbirds
- Ronan O'Casey - Jane's Lover in Park
- Tsai Chin - Receptionist
- Director(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Writer(s):
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Edward Bond, Tonino Guerra
- Producer(s):
- Carlo Ponti
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
- 1967 - Cannes Film Festival - International Grand Prix
- 1966 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director
- 1966 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture
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