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Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his "fab" but oddly-lifeless existence of casual sex and drug use, Thomas comes alive when he wanders through a park, stops to take pictures of a couple embracing, and upon developing the images, believes that he has photographed a murder. Pursued by Jane (Vanessa Redgrave), the woman who is in the photos, Thomas pretends to give her the pictures, but in reality, he passes off a different roll of film to her. Thomas returns to the park and discovers that there is, indeed, a dead body lying in the shrubbery: the gray-haired man who was embracing Jane. Has she murdered him, or does Thomas' photo reveal a man with a gun hiding nearby? Antonioni's thriller is a puzzling, existential, adroitly-assembled masterpiece. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

David Hemmings - Thomas
Vanessa Redgrave - Jane
Sarah Miles - Patricia
Peter Bowles - Ron
John Castle - Painter

1967	Best British Film (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Michelangelo Antonioni
1966	Best Director (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michelangelo Antonioni
1966	Best Original Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michelangelo Antonioni
1966	Best Original Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Tonino Guerra
1966	Best Original Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Edward Bond

Michelangelo Antonioni's stylish and groundbreaking look at Swinging London in the mid-'60s gets a careful presentation for its release on DVD. Blow-Up has been transferred to DVD in letterboxed format at the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono; the dialogue is in English, with an alternate dubbed soundtrack in French, and optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. Bonus materials include a commentary track by Peter Brunette, author of the book -The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni; an isolated music track featuring Herbie Hancock's original score; and two previews trailers for the film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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