Blowup

Year1966
CountryUK, Italy, USA
TaglineAntonioni's camera never flinches. At love without meaning. At murder without guilt. At the dazzle and madness of youth today
DirectorMichelangelo Antonioni
CinematographyCarlo Di Palma
ScriptwritersMichelangelo AntonioniTonino GuerraEdward Bond
ProducedCarlo PontiPierre Rouve
MusicHerbie Hancock
Art DirectionAssheton GortonJocelyn Rickards
EditingFrank Clarke
GenresThrillerDramaDetective
Release DateDecember 18, 1966
MPAA N
Runtime111 min.

Plot Summary

The main character — known, talented young photographer, the prototype of which was whether Bert stern, or David Bailey, that the sooner. One day, while working in a city Park, he accidentally takes an interesting odd couple. And then... through a seemingly romantic shines like a criminal... Events unfold, nothing is explained... In a strongly increased staffing seen that a simple glance doesn't catch... Or it just seems

Did You Know?

This is the first of English films, which were shown completely naked female nature.

In order to pass the censorship and release the film on screens, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer created a front company, Premiere Productions which do not overlap constraints of the censors. Thus, the film was released uncut, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer kept all the rights to it.

One of the photographs of the homeless men shot by Thomas, can be seen Julio Cortazar.

Rolls-Royce in which Thomas rides in the movie belonged to the actor Jimmy Savile and was repainted for the filming of white black.

Antonioni was not satisfied with the color of the grass in the Park Marion and by his order it was painted with green paint.

The famous prop from the film some time in the early 2000s was in the same restaurant in Saint-Petersburg on the Griboedov Canal, opposite the Kazan Cathedral.

A link to the film can be seen in the movie "Charlie and the chocolate factory" by Tim Burton (2005), in the scene where two homosexuals walk their poodles before Charlie finds the money.

In one scene of the film shows a fragment of the concert "The Yardbirds", in which Jeff Beck breaks his guitar. This statement refers to a short period in the band's history, when Beck and Jimmy page played together — Beck, left the band a few months after this speech. Initially in place "The Yardbirds" claimed "The Who".

The film is based on the story "the devil's Drool" by Julio Cortazar.