BLOW-UP (1966)

The trailer for 1966’s BLOW-UP. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, with English dialogue by Edward Bond, all based on a short story by Julio Cortázar. The film stars David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin, John Castle, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, and The Yardbirds.

The plot summary is as follows:

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. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

BLOW-UP is currently streaming on HBO Max and is available for rent/purchase on most digital platforms.