Blow-up
Michelangelo Antonioni's close-up of Swinging Sixties London. David Hemmings plays a master photographer who explores the city twenty-four hours a day, focusing in on the world's most beautiful models. One day, he takes some photographs of a couple embracing in a park and suspects he has stumbled across a murder. Antonioni received Academy Award nominations for Best Writer and Best Director in 1966 for this, his first English Language film.
Year: 1966
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Art House Cinema, Cult Films / After Dark, Paul's Favourites, Cannes - Palme d'Or, Best of the 1960s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: UK
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings
Duration: 107 Minutes
Rating: M
7.6/10
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