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Blow-Up (1966)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:30

Rotten:5

Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Dramas

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)... 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]

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

Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles, Jill Kennington, Verushka, Peter Bowles, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

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O rigor estético aqui exibido por Antonioni, somado à excepcional montagem de Frank Clarke, à bela fotografia de Carlo Di Palma e à atuação inspirada de Hemming, garante ao filme um vigor e um charme que só crescem com o tempo.

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04/10/09
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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
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
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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, a visual classic.

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

Pop-culture icon that has become a cult classic.

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08/29/06
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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
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
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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
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
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10/24/04
Derek Smith
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05/18/04
Ryan Cracknell
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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
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

The ennui stretches into the very story itself.

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03/08/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

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
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02/13/04
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