Blow-Up (1966)

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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, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

111 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Michelangelo Antonioni

Writer(s):

Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond

Producer(s):

Carlo Ponti

Categories:

Mystery & Suspense

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• 1967 - Blow-Up - Cannes Film Festival - International Grand Prix
• 1966 - Blow-Up - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director
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