Its a break for antonioni in many ways michelangelo antonioni felt that the film marked a radical departure from his previous films. Michelangelo antonioni s blow up opened in new york citys nowdemolished, then firsttier coronet theater on 3rd avenue and 59th street in late december. Blowup was not the first project on which antonioni had worked in. It was originally published in hardcover as end of the game and other stories. In 1964 two years before the release of blow up, in an essay entitled prefazione a sei film, antonioni wrote what might now be considered a skeleton key to his vision of the world, one that. Let me be clear about what i think, arrowsmith told an audience assembled at new yorks museum of modern art in 1977. Blowup sometimes styled as blow up or blow up is a 1966 mystery thriller film directed by michelangelo antonioni and produced by carlo ponti. Blowup david hemmings and vanessa redgrave in michelangelo antonioni s blowup. Michelangelo antonioni s most popular book is the architecture of vision. Alfred hitchcock stated in 1978 that he thought antonioni and fellini, are a hundred years ahead of us, and that blow up and 812 are bloody masterpieces. Blowup is suffused from first frame to last with the mod and pop sensibilities that many in the 60s thought so corrosive. Questions and criticism are welcome in the comments. The film has been considered a masterpiece, or a complete enigma, and criticized for its affected artiness, or its obtuse plot.
A film modern film scripts, a book that has been outofprint for. The resulting stories and novels were paradoxical and matteroffact, darkly serious. Photography plays a key role at the very core of the film, providing the metaphorical site for the directors questioning of the relationship between reality and. There is also a longer documentary about the making of the film and its something that can be watched over and over, like blowup itself. This collection of new essays by leading film scholarsaddresses michelangelo antonionias apreeminent figure in european art cinema, explores his continuing influence and legacy, and engages with his ability to both interpret and shape ideas of modernity and modern cinema. Antonioni is one of the greatest living artists, and as a director of film, his. In 1966, michelangelo antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging london for this international sensation, the italian filmmakers first englishlanguage feature. It would seem that the film risks feeling dated today, but its really no less powerful thanks to the richness and complexity of antonioni s vision. Michelangelo antonionis 1966 film blowup is a masterfully constructed and paced exploration of.
A film modern film scripts, michelangelo antonioni blowup sometimes styled as blow up or blow up is a 1966 mystery thriller film directed by michelangelo antonioni. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Poster for antonioni s iconic cult movie blow up antonioni s blow up with david hemmings, vanessa redgrave. Blow up david hemmings and vanessa redgrave in michelangelo antonioni s blow up. My favorite story in the collection is the pursuer, a nakedly brilliant study of a black american jazz musician and the critic who never quite understands the demons. David hemmings and vanessa redgrave in michelangelo antonioni s film blowup. Michelangelo antonioni s 1966 film blow up is a masterfully constructed and paced exploration of the enigmas that challenge our interpretations of both the moving and the still image. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, blowup takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring david hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly. The title story of the paperback collection served as inspiration for michelangelo antonionis film blowup.
Through cowans eye, the models are allowed to be eccentric, personable. The title story of the paperback collection served as inspiration for michelangelo antonioni s film blowup contents. It is one of the seminal films of the 1960s mod era. The films of michelangelo antonioni provides an overview of the italian directors life and work, and examines six of his most important and intellectually challenging films. This book provides a fresh and stimulating study of antonionis masterpiece. Blow up blow up is a film about a particular moment in the capitals history. The 1966 cult film blow up is not only the widely recognized, first englishlanguage film from michelangelo antonioni, but can also be regarded as an excursion in photography. I think what intrigued antonioni wasnt the surface, glamour, excitement or appeal of the new young styles in fashion and music or whatever, explains philippe garner, author of 2010 book antonioni s blow up, and formerly head of photographs and 20th century decorative arts and design at prestigious auction house christies. Seems to be a lot of blow up stuff around right now. Antonionis blow up philippe garner, david alan mellor steidl. A new exhibition and book offer fresh perspectives on michelangelo antonioni s 1966 cult classic about the ambiguity of images, blow up when you look up mod films online the first one to always come up is blow up, the 1966 film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starr. It was made in london in 1966, which aficionados of 60s pop culture will.
This summer bozar shows a big michelangelo antonioni exhibition. Blowup looks back to zapruder but also ahead to watergate and a run of films that riffed in a similar manner to antonioni, with his inquiring, coldeyed lens. In the details the current the criterion collection. After spending the night at a doss house, where he has taken pictures for a book of art photos, thomas is late for a photo shoot with veruschka at his. Michelangelo antonioni was born in 1912 into a middleclass family and grew up in bourgeois surroundings of the italian province. There is also an echo in blow up of an article antonioni had written in 1963, describing a beach scene he had witnessed in nice years earlier. Yesterday we spotted a blow up print and today weve noticed a forthcoming book antonioni s blow up by philippe garner and david alan mellor, which is published by steidl its described as a fresh and stimulating study of antonioni s masterpiece, retelling the story through stills and the original blow ups, throwing in some. A film by michelangelo antonioni paperback january 1, 1984 by michelangelo antonioni author 1. There is a menace in the interplay between the photographer, his unwitting subjects, and a third party who was watching both. Another brilliant work from antonioni during this streak from lavventura to blow up where he made five films in seven years that are either masterpieces or right on the fringe. Blowup, britishitalian thriller, released in 1966, that was the first fulllength englishlanguage film of italian director michelangelo antonioni. Antonioni is aware of the frustration and pain of the women, whore treated by thomas with contempt, yet the scene is uncomfortably, restrictively schematic, particularly if one has seen the photos that cowan took of these women during the shooting of blowup. In bologna he studied economics and commerce while he painted and also wrote criticism for a local newspaper.
A masterpiece of 1960s arthouse cinema, michelangelo antonioni s blow up is a dizzying exploration of images. It may be available from zvab or other secondhand book portals. The flawed but absorbing 60s movie about a photographer who. Yesterday we spotted a blowup print and today weve noticed a forthcoming book antonionis blowup by philippe garner and david alan. Herbie hancock blow up michelangelo antonioni youtube. Blowup is a 1966 mystery thriller film directed by michelangelo antonioni and produced by. Back when women were still referred to as birds, michelangelo antonioni filmed his arthouse masterpiece blow up. It reassembles and retells through onset stills and the original blowups the films key. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The book begins with a number of black and white publicity stills interspersed with quotes of dialogue, is then followed by the photographic enlargements central to the blow up theme of the film, and concludes with essays by philippe garner and david mellor setting the. Blowup and other stories is a collection of short stories, selected from the short fiction of the argentinian author julio cortazar. David hemmings and vanessa redgrave in michelangelo antonioni s film blow up. Antonioni has described the disappearance of his hero as his signature. On a futile search for evidence of a crime he thinks he has seen, fashion photographer thomas enlarges his pictures, pushing the envelope of the mediums boundaries.
The scenewhite sky, sand, solitary lifeguard, sound of wavesis suddenly interrupted by a bathers cry and the discovery of the body of a drowned man. This is an excellent companion to antonioni s mod masterpiece that continues to captivate so many people to this day. Blowup audaciously involves us in a plot that promises the solution to a mystery, and leaves us lacking even its players. The films of michelangelo antonioni cambridge film. Blowup of blowup, a new 52minute documentary on the making of the filmconversation from 2016 between garner and actor vanessa redgravearchival interviews with antonioni and actors david hemmings and jane birkintrailersplus.
Blowup 1966 by michelangelo antonioni home facebook. A video essay exploring the aesthetic tenets advanced by the italian neorealist movement and their influence upon michelangelo antonioni s exceptional contribution to the language of cinema. From a critical point of view, blowup got antonioni the palm dor at cannes and. But he soon realised he was in the presence of a great. Also of interest, blow up caused a bit of a stir upon its release for its depiction of female nudity, casual sex, and drug use. Find movie posters, tv show posters, framed posters, disney posters, and wholesale posters. A young, bearded peter bowles wasnt prepared for michelangelo antonioni s rigorous approach to filmmaking when he landed a part in blowup. Blowup by michelangelo antonioni david hemmings, vanessa. Back when women were still referred to as birds, michelangelo antonioni filmed his arthouse masterpiece blowup. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. It is some dvd acquisitions that propelled me to read this books and another one about michelangelo antonioni, the great man of film. It reminds us too of shakespeares prospero, whose actors were all spirits, and are melted into air. Antonionis classic film and photography roland fischer, philippe.
The second one with hemmings from 1977 is very informative about the actor, while the redgrave interview, lasting 45 min, is fascinating with her observations about antonioni, film making, and blowup itself. In 1939 he went to rome and worked for the journal cinema studying directorship at the school of cinema. Michelangelo antonioni has 39 books on goodreads with 1105 ratings. The untold stories behind cult fashion film blowup another. It was antonioni s first entirely englishlanguage film, and stars david hemmings as a london fashion photographer who believes he has unwittingly captured a murder on film. A full list of sources are available in the credits. The release came just in time for awards consideration, a strategy that paid off almost.
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