Blow-Up

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Blow-Up

1966

1h 51m

Crime

Drama

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Thomas (David Hemmings) is a London photographer who spends his time photographing fashion models. But one day he thinks he may have photographed something far more sinister: a murder. After taking pictures in the park, Thomas is horrified to find an ambiguous image lurking on the edge of the frame, which could be a shadow, but looks like a gun. The only thing clear is that the woman (Vanessa Redgrave) in the photo has appeared at his studio -- and wants the pictures he took.

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Critics Consensus

Exquisitely shot and simmering with unease, Michelangelo Antonio's Blow-Up is an enigma that invites audiences to luxuriate in the sensual atmosphere of 1960s London chic.

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Joe Morgenstern

Newsweek

08/15/2022

Never before Blow-Up has Michelangelo Antonioni, the cinema’s bravest spelunker of the soul, come up from the depths with such a marvelous story and such gorgeous pictures of the cavernous emptiness inside modern man.

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Brendan Gill

The New Yorker

08/15/2022

Having launched a conventionally piquant little mystery story, Anonioni characteristically abandons it, and the picture slips into fantasy and closes with a pretentiously symbolic tennis match, played without rackets or ball.

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Richard Roud

Guardian

03/21/2018

I always liked to think that even the worst film by Antonioni would be better than the best by almost any other director. Now I know that this is so, because I've just seen his worst film, and I was right: Blow-up is still an absolute must.

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Michael Calleri

Niagara Gazette

09/21/2022

Italian New Wave director Michelangelo Antonioni was helping alter the European cinematic landscape with his bold features. One of Antonioni’s classics is the great “Blow-Up,” which is from 1966 and is one of my all-time favorite movies.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

04/10/2022

3.5/4

Intoxicating in its ambiguity.

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Robert Hatch

The Nation

11/23/2020

Blow-Up is a work of wit and caustic intelligence, superbly disciplined, elegantly styled, visually astonishing and, for all that, turned out with the deceptive simplicity of perfect craftsmanship.

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T B

@RT29733144 Feb 17

This movie is entertaining with fashion but it drags in a lot of places. The best part was seeing the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page toward the end.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Feb 10

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Lones S

@lones Dec 30

How can a movie that really does not initiate its plot until after 40 minutes possibly be a good idea. To say the plot is slow is an understatement. Give it a pass for a movie that knows how to tell a story.

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo Dec 25

Loved the 60s fashion and his flat. Probably should have made a phone call earlier. What’s with the mimes? Needs more detective vibes.

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tucker s

@tucker83014 Oct 31

Utterly pointless movie. Absolutely horrible. It's this kind of garbage that apparently appeals to the condescending existentialist crowd who somehow believe that a dog defecating on canvas is some kind of magnificent art.

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Chris M

@Chris2888 Sep 13

One of the most boring, disjointed, nonsensical, foolish movies I've ever seen. If you're a stoned masochist you might enjoy it. The ending solves nothing of the mystery that was presented.

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Synopsis

Thomas (David Hemmings) is a London photographer who spends his time photographing fashion models. But one day he thinks he may have photographed something far more sinister: a murder. After taking pictures in the park, Thomas is horrified to find an ambiguous image lurking on the edge of the frame, which could be a shadow, but looks like a gun. The only thing clear is that the woman (Vanessa Redgrave) in the photo has appeared at his studio -- and wants the pictures he took.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Screenwriter: Júlio Cortázar, Michelangelo Antonioni, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Bridge Films
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1966, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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