Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Blow Up




























































Blow Up, 1966, directed by Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni
Set in 1960's swinging London, Thomas (David Hemming) is a famous photographer, making his living off deceiving the homless and shooting beautiful fashion models in designer clothes (Jane Birkin makes a cameo as one of the models). After walking through the park, Thomas photographs a couple. Upon developing the film and enlarging it several times over, he discovers that he may in fact have captured what he believes to be a murder. Blow Up features a soundtrack by Herbie Hancock,images photographerd by the legendary cinematographer Carlo Di Palma and an appearance by the British band The Yardbirds. It also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival 1967 and contains wonderful location shooting of London circa 1960's.