My 150 Favorite Movies - #98
Blow-Up (1966)
Not only one of the best movies of the sixties, but considered one of the best movies of all time, Michelangelo Antonioni's tale of a photographer who suspects that one of his photographs has captured a murder taking place, has proven to be remarkably influential. Among the movies that have either directly, or indirectly used plot points from Blow-Up are The Conversation, Blow Out, High Anxiety, and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Blow-Up itself, is sometimes viewed as an homage to Hitchcock, with particular comparisons being drawn to Rear Window. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and David Hemmings, whose character is based on that of fashion photographer and mod 60's icon David Bailey, Blow-Up was Antonioni's first English-language film and winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, as well as the Best Film of the year by the National Society of Film Critics.
Not only one of the best movies of the sixties, but considered one of the best movies of all time, Michelangelo Antonioni's tale of a photographer who suspects that one of his photographs has captured a murder taking place, has proven to be remarkably influential. Among the movies that have either directly, or indirectly used plot points from Blow-Up are The Conversation, Blow Out, High Anxiety, and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Blow-Up itself, is sometimes viewed as an homage to Hitchcock, with particular comparisons being drawn to Rear Window. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and David Hemmings, whose character is based on that of fashion photographer and mod 60's icon David Bailey, Blow-Up was Antonioni's first English-language film and winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, as well as the Best Film of the year by the National Society of Film Critics.
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