Blow Up Film Review: Michelangelo Antonioni 1966 - FILMS N THAT

Michelangelo Antonioni directs a swinging 60s inspired film about an unlikable photographer who witnesses a murder in the photographs he’s taken.
While initially quite a frustrating and perhaps tedious watch, Blow Up really shines once the film is over and its scenes start to linger with you. A theme that is echoed in the characters themselves as they find meaning in their art after they have finished. Perhaps indicating that this is how Antonioni himself films.
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[@h00liganismo1]

Thanks. Your channel has pushed me with a lot of these films from the point of "Oh I should watch this" to actually giving them a try. Nice work

[@DasTubemeister]

The band playing were The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. In the audience is Michael Palin.

[@Simonedeboudhar]

Loved the parallel you guys drew between the painting and Antonioni's vision. Looking forward to some more material !

[@FilmsnThat]

Thanks Assia!

[@DeanH92]

Great review/analysis! Subbed.

[@ryandonagheylovescash4710]

I love this it’s like a lucid strange waking dream. All the surfaces and parallels with the subconscious fears and desires.

[@Ryan_Ek2]

Hey guys, great review! Although I don't think it's Antonioni's strongest film (I'd say L'avventura is his masterpiece), I do believe Blow Up is his most memorable. Also, I would love to see a video on a Kieślowski film, perhaps The Double Life of Véronique? Or if you could get your hands on a copy, El Sur by Víctor Erice.

[@FilmsnThat]

Thanks! L'avventura is definitely his stand out film. It's funny you should mention that, I'm currently editing a kieslowski special we filmed recently. We looked at all his narrative films and the dekalog. Keep an eye out for that!

[@Ryan_Ek2]

@@FilmsnThat Oh awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing that.

[@AlanDownunder]

A similar plot device 7 years later in this excellent film - an accidental discovery of crime by intensive processing of recording, this time sound rather than image. Different central character, different setting, but ... The Conversation (1974) PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest

[@jkelly02]

I'd like to hear what you think of the John Travolta follow-up "Blow Out." I saw it years ago and was struck by some of the parallels with the original. Perhaps not a bad film, either. Not sure if I will ever watch either again. Like you said, could be a chore. Did you notice that the pictures of the crime were in black and white? Kind of an interesting turnabout, presenting the audience with a color depiction of a story, then having a character in the story produce b&w photos.

[@mietekpadowicz2118]

It's about the image the taking, he's tired of shooting models... ask a photographer, you have it all wrong... bearded man is his book dal guy.

[@jamesanthony5681]

I'm guessing this is probably not a movie for those who grew up as kids playing video games and watching movies with a lot of CGI, and a million images bombarding you every minute. I'm at least a generation older than you both, and this movie was never a clock-watcher for me.

[@hallofsilence8992]

You guys should watch Tumbbad (2018) folk Horror

[@FilmsnThat]

I'll give it a watch!

[@FilmsnThat]

I watched it the other day and was thoroughly entertained. I had visions of David Cronenberg when he was decsending into the womb.