Blow Up

1966 | UK, Italy | NR | 111 min.

Showings

The Buzz Sun, Jul 31, 2016 9:00 AM
Film Info
Section:State Centennial
Free Movies at the Buzz
Release Year:1966
Runtime:111 min.
Rating:NR
Production Country:UK
Italy
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Vanessa Redgrave
Sarah Miles
David Hemmings
John Castle
Jane Birkin
Director:Michelangelo Antonioni
Produced by:Carlo Ponti
Screenwriter:Michelangelo Antonioni
Tonino Guerra
Cinematography:Carlo Di Palma
Editing By:Frank Clarke

Description

Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni’s first English-language feature follows a trendy fashion photographer (David Hemmings) in mod-era London who may have inadvertently photographed a murder. Both an erotic thriller (glamorous stars like Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, and Jane Birkin are never too far away) and a portrait of the joyless decadence, casual sex, and ennui of life in London in the 1960s, this artful, Oscar-nominated cinematic masterpiece unfolds as a captivating spectacle of sights and sounds. As much about a lonely man as it is about the essential nature of imagery, this true turning point in the history of cinema helped pave the way for many of the great films of the late 1960s and 1970s.