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DramaMysteryThriller

Blow-Up

- Sometimes, reality is the strangest fantasy of all.

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. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

Release Date : 1966-12-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Bridge FilmsCarlo Ponti ProductionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of AmericaItaly

Alternative Titles : Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-UpBlow-Up 1966

Cast

David Hemmings

Character Name : Thomas

Original Name : David Hemmings

Gender : Male

Vanessa Redgrave

Character Name : Jane

Original Name : Vanessa Redgrave

Gender : Female

Sarah Miles

Character Name : Patricia

Original Name : Sarah Miles

Gender : Female

John Castle

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : John Castle

Gender : Male

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Character Name : Veruschka

Original Name : Veruschka von Lehndorff

Gender : Female

Jane Birkin

Character Name : The Blonde

Original Name : Jane Birkin

Gender : Female

Gillian Hills

Character Name : The Brunette

Original Name : Gillian Hills

Gender : Female

Peter Bowles

Character Name : Ron

Original Name : Peter Bowles

Gender : Male

Julian Chagrin

Character Name : Mime

Original Name : Julian Chagrin

Gender : Male

Claude Chagrin

Character Name : Mime

Original Name : Claude Chagrin

Gender : Male

Jimmy Page

Character Name : Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Page

Gender : Male

Jeff Beck

Character Name : Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)

Original Name : Jeff Beck

Gender : Male

Tsai Chin

Character Name : Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)

Original Name : Tsai Chin

Gender : Female

Susan Brodrick

Character Name : Antique Shop Owner (uncredited)

Original Name : Susan Brodrick

Gender : Female

Peggy Moffitt

Character Name : Model (uncredited)

Original Name : Peggy Moffitt

Gender : Female

Melanie Hampshire

Character Name : Model (uncredited)

Original Name : Melanie Hampshire

Gender : Female

Roy Beck

Character Name : Boy dancing In Ricki Tick Club (uncredited)

Original Name : Roy Beck

Gender : Male

Charlie Bird

Character Name : Homeless Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Charlie Bird

Gender : Male

Robin Burns

Character Name : Homeless Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Robin Burns

Gender : Male

Julio Cortázar

Character Name : Homeless Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Julio Cortázar

Gender : Male

Chris Dreja

Character Name : Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris Dreja

Gender : Male

Lew Hooper

Character Name : Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Lew Hooper

Gender : Male

Harry Hutchinson

Character Name : Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Hutchinson

Gender : Male

Chas Lawther

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Chas Lawther

Gender : Male

Dyson Lovell

Character Name : Man Outside Restaurant (uncredited)

Original Name : Dyson Lovell

Gender : Male

Jack Mandeville

Character Name : Man with Poodle (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Mandeville

Gender : Male

Jim McCarty

Character Name : Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim McCarty

Gender : Male

Keith Relf

Character Name : Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)

Original Name : Keith Relf

Gender : Male

Ann Norman

Character Name : Model (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Norman

Gender : Male

Ronan O'Casey

Character Name : Jane's Lover in Park (uncredited)

Original Name : Ronan O'Casey

Gender : Male

Janet Street-Porter

Character Name : Girl Dancing In Ricky Tick Club (uncredited)

Original Name : Janet Street-Porter

Gender : Female

Fred Wood

Character Name : Homeless Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Wood

Gender : Male

Tina Simmons

Character Name : Dancing Girl in Ricky Tick Club (uncredited)

Original Name : Tina Simmons

Gender : Female

Jill Kennington

Character Name :

Original Name : Jill Kennington

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-09

Judging by his Rolls Royce coupé that he tours London in, the young "Thomas" (David Hemmings) is a successful man. He makes his living as a photographer amongst the great and the good of the vacuous world of fame and celebrity. Drink, drugs and sex are wherever he wants them, whenever he wants them - and though fun, that's not really enough. He is in a park one evening when he espies a couple and takes some snaps. "Jane" (Vanessa redgrave) is not impressed and wants the negatives. He sees the chance to have some fun and so teases her, discovering not just that she is truly desperate to obtain them but also, on inspection of the images, that he has accidentally photographed a murder! Who did what to whom, why, and what he can get from a scenario that now has him tingling? Just what did happen and what does "Jane" have to do with anything? It's got a very vibrant, Bohemian, 1960s feel to it from start to finish and Hemmings is in his element as the rather unlikable, manipulative, playboy. Redgrave also comes across well as her character's vulnerability - though to what we don't yet know - is also well captured as the mystery deepens. The X rating is all about tits and bums. There's nothing gruesome or graphic here to terrorise the viewer, instead we get a thriller set amidst a world of hedonism and profligacy and whilst Redgrave comes across as a more reluctant visitor to this territory, Hemmings looks a natural. Yes, it's dated a little but the story itself still stands up to a watch.