A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
- Director
- Writers
- Michelangelo Antonioni(story)
- Julio Cortázar(short story "Las babas del diablo")
- Tonino Guerra(screenplay)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Michelangelo Antonioni(story)
- Julio Cortázar(short story "Las babas del diablo")
- Tonino Guerra(screenplay)
- Stars
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 8 wins & 11 nominations total
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Veruschka von Lehndorff
- Verushkaas Verushka
- (as Verushka)
Charlie Bird
- Homeless Manas Homeless Man
- (uncredited)
Robin Burns
- Homeless Manas Homeless Man
- (uncredited)
Julio Cortázar
- Homeless Manas Homeless Man
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Michelangelo Antonioni(story) (screenplay)
- Julio Cortázar(short story "Las babas del diablo")
- Tonino Guerra(screenplay)
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Storyline
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together. —Anonymous
- Taglines
- Michelangelo Antonioni's first British film
- Genres
- Certificate
- Not Rated
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaAmong the homeless men whose photos were taken by the David Hemmings character is Julio Cortázar, who wrote the original short story on which "Blow-Up (1966)" is based.
- GoofsDavid Hemmings character uses a two way radio from his Rolls several times in the film. Very rare for 1966 and a precursor to the car phone. However mobile radios like that at that time need a large whip antenna attached to the car to function. The Rolls has its normal radio antennae on the fender, but nothing else so that two way radio could not work.
- Alternate versionsSome of the music was rescored for the Warner DVD release, namely the latter part of the opening title music. The VHS releases' music remain intact.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Review: How I Learned to Live with Being a Star (1967)
- SoundtracksMain Title (Blow-Up)
Written and Performed by Herbie Hancock
Top review
Still fascinating after all these years!
'Blowup' is frequently mentioned as one of the most influential movies of the twentieth century. And I believe it is. But it is no dry and dull document that the viewer must force himself to "appreciate" while he stifles his yawns. Like 'Citizen Kane', 'Breathless' and 'Psycho' it is not only an important movie milestone, it is still a living and breathing work of art that will fascinate and impress any movie lover who approaches it with an open mind. 'Blowup' lures you in with its snapshot of swinging 60s London, and it's tease of being a murder mystery, which it really isn't, but by then you're hooked. This movie is a puzzle with no solution, a text with any interpretation the viewer cares to bring to it. That may sound heavy going and off putting, but this is a surprisingly watchable movie. Even the "boring" sequences are interesting! Anyone who enjoys David Lynch, Dario Argento (whose 'Profundo Rosso' deliberately referenced this), Nic Roeg or Jim Jarmusch, movies where atmosphere and visual images are more important than characterization, plot or dialogue, will appreciate this 60s classic. I think it gets better with every viewing.
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- Feb 14, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $35,329
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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