Review of Blow-Up (1966) by Lilian W — 30 Aug 2010
Antonioni sums up himself pretty much when he says "Until the film is edited, I have no idea myself what it will be about. And perhaps not even then..".
This is supposed to be a look at "Swinging London" ; the London of the sixties,when Jazz mingled with Rock and Roll and people were all about what's new and modern, but there is no real insight here. Antonioni's films are always about emptiness, boredom, failure of communication, manipulation and then more emptiness, boredom, failure of communication, and manipulation, and it is this redundancy which mark his perceptions and vision, that alienates me from his work.
Things I liked:
- The very carefully colored and constructed motion picture (the man even went as far as coloring the grass because it wasn't "green engough"!!).
- The finale.
Things I hated:
- The acting (Hemmings was fine but everybody else sucked).
- Fatal mistakes such as producing very close-up shots of Redgrave and her lover when Thomas was photographing them from afar and using a 70mm lens (for someone who claims perfectionism, you should've done your homework on this one Antonioni).
This review of Blow-Up (1966) was written by Lilian W on 30 Aug 2010.
Blow-Up has generally received very positive reviews.
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