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Blow-Up (1966)

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Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 29  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.9/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Synopsis: Michelangelo Antonioni delivers yet another masterful cinematic expose with BLOW UP, a provocative mystery set in the seamy mod culture of London. The film follows a photographer (David Hemmings) who captures evidence of a murder when he takes some innocent snapshots of a couple in the... Michelangelo Antonioni delivers yet another masterful cinematic expose with BLOW UP, a provocative mystery set in the seamy mod culture of London. The film follows a photographer (David Hemmings) who captures evidence of a murder when he takes some innocent snapshots of a couple in the park. As he digs deeper and deeper into the photograph's actual negative in order to unravel the mystery, he also must contend with a seemingly dangerous woman (Vanessa Redgrave) who knows more than she is letting on. Atmospheric, tense, with a refreshing jolt of humor, Antonioni's stylish thriller influenced the work of many of cinema's most celebrated directors, including Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION, Brian De Palma's BLOW OUT, and David Lynch's BLUE VELVET. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Jill Kennington, Verushka

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

DVD Info

Release:

May 2, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Mono - English, French
  • Music Only Track

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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As often with Antonioni, a film riddled with moments of brilliance and scuppered by infuriating pretensions.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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01/16/04
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Michelangelo Antonioni's first English language film is as maddening to watch as it is absorbing.

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Almar Haflidason
BBC
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This is so ravishing to look at (the colors all seem newly minted) and pleasurable to follow (the enigmas are usually more teasing than worrying) that you're likely to excuse the metaphysical pretensions.

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07/31/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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There may be some meaning, some commentary about life being a game, beyond what remains locked in the mind of film's creator, Italian director-writer Michelangelo Antonioni. But it is doubtful that the general public will get the 'message' of this film.

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07/31/07
Variety Staff
Variety
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Still thought provoking, fascinating film making.

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07/13/07
Steve Crum
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Inventive, richly styled film

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08/31/06
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
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3.5/4

Pop-culture icon that has become a cult classic.

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08/29/06
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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The natural world is arrayed against the artificial scene; conscience is deployed against convention. If you’ve never seen Blow-Up, see it now, if only to see what part of the world was like 40 years ago.

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06/07/06
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Whether there was a murder isn't the point. The film is about a character mired in ennui and distaste, who is roused by his photographs into something approaching passion.

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01/20/06
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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10/10/05
Cole Smithey
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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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A fascinating take on the mod lifestyle.

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06/13/05
Dennis Schwartz
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Speaks to the inescapability of modern man’s emotional and spiritual alienation.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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10/24/04
Derek Smith
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05/18/04
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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Peter Brunette’s detailed and entertaining commentary refreshingly acknowledges that, at many points, 'Things don’t add up in this movie.'

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04/26/04
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com
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The ennui stretches into the very story itself.

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03/08/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Antonioni’s chic study in ambiguity calls into question the notion of photographic truth, and indeed reality itself.

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03/05/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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Relying only on our subjective perceptions and personal interpretations, we are asked to find the truth for ourselves.

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03/03/04
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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