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Blow-Up (1966)

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Michelangelo Antonioni

Producer:

Carlo Ponti

Writer:

Julio Cortázar, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1966

Runtime:

1hr 51m

Synopsis

A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

Cast

  • Vanessa Redgrave
  • Sarah Miles
  • David Hemmings
  • John Castle
  • Jane Birkin
  • Gillian Hills
  • Peter Bowles
  • Veruschka von Lehndorff
  • Julian Chagrin
  • Claude Chagrin

Letterboxd User Reviews

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  • Aug 24, 2013

    A friend of mine once said, "All movies end one of three ways. Somebody gets married. Somebody dies. Or mimes playing tennis."

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    Chip
    Chip

    By the middle of the 1960s it was undeniable that the baby-boomers were on the rise and the World War II generation was on the decline. While many in the older generation responded to this phenomenon with fear and aggression, others found it fascinating. Having already…

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    Craig Duffy
    Craig Duffy
    Mar 6, 2017

    What a waste of a great idea. If you decide to watch this, you can skip the first half-hour as all that happens is he's a photographer and something of a jerk. Finally, half-hour in he takes the photos that play in the plot. Then a bunch of nothing happens, then finally…

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    RetroHound
    RetroHound
  • Feb 28, 2019

    he was like 📷 and then he was like 🔍

    2.0K Likes
    Robin
    Robin
    May 3, 2020

    do male photographers deserve rights? be honest

    2.0K Likes
    c.w. scott
    c.w. scott
    Feb 17, 2020

    I guess I am not a cinephile

    1.5K Likes
    Nick
    Nick
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    Jul 26, 2022

    shout out to the guy during the post film discussion who said he saw this four nights in a row with four different girls in december of 1966

    1.1K Likes
    Dante
    Dante
    Sep 28, 2021

    release the chokehold this has on cinephiles immediately

    952 Likes
    Christina
    Christina
    Aug 25, 2020

    I really liked the last scene with the mimes, where Thomas is watching the mimes 'play' tennis. He is unable to take a photograph, to capture the moment for his own pleasure or for his book, because the art of miming is all about movement, about watching people in the…

    799 Likes
    Zoë 🐛
    Zoë 🐛
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  • june
    june liked
    Blow-Up

    hehe I liked feeling like a detective watching this; piecing everything together when I didn’t even know what I was looking for

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    PrB
    PrB is "meh" on
    Blow-Up

    Pas vraiment sûr d’avoir compris grand chose Content de l’avoir vu pour l’influence qu’il aura par la suite mais sa thèse et les nouveautés de réalisation on tellement été reprise depuis qu’il faut vraiment faire l’effort de remise en contexte pour ne pas trouver ça longuet

    1Y
    Mickerdoo
    Mickerdoo liked
    Blow-Up

    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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  • Thatguy135
    Thatguy135 is "meh" on
    Blow-Up

    She’s gorgeous, she’s beautiful. She has a search party trying to find the plot (or at least the over arching one).

    10M
    Hank Leet
    Hank Leet liked
    Blow-Up

    A fascinating, abstract and slow moving thriller about an “alleged” murder captured on a photo

    10M
    Martin Latour
    Martin Latour liked
    Blow-Up

    Great look at Swinging London in the 60s. Cool movie.

    1Y
  • Nika
    Nika is "meh" on
    Blow-Up

    i wanted to like it, but it was so boring

    1Y
    Jennie Olsson
    Jennie Olsson liked
    Blow-Up

    Confusing but quite nice and fun as well

    1Y
    Vogue Italia
    Vogue Italia liked
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    yuhwuhuhwuhah!?

    2Y
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Metacritic

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Based on 15 Critics
8.0

USER SCORE (23)

Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Reviews
75

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—which become prevalent only at the very end—and go with the 60s flow, just as the original audiences did.

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
100

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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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
100

Blowup daringly suggests that an image without politics isn’t an image at all.

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Metacritic review by Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Blow-Up (1966) (1966)?
The movie is 1hr 51min long.
What's Blow-Up (1966) (1966) about?
A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
Who's the cast of Blow-Up (1966) (1966)?
  • Vanessa Redgrave as Jane
  • Sarah Miles as Patricia
  • David Hemmings as Thomas
  • John Castle as Bill
  • Jane Birkin as The Blonde
  • Gillian Hills as The Brunette
  • Peter Bowles as Ron
  • Veruschka von Lehndorff as Verushka
  • Julian Chagrin as Mime
  • Claude Chagrin as Mime
Who's the director behind Blow-Up (1966) (1966)?
Michelangelo Antonioni directed Blow-Up (1966) (1966).
Who produced Blow-Up (1966) (1966)?
Carlo Ponti produced Blow-Up (1966) (1966).