Blow-Up

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Release Date: December 18, 1966

8.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Ratings

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sidawyOct 18, 2021

The artist sees in his painting what no recipient of art, no matter how interested he is, sees, as well as a film director, no matter how versed we are in the world of cinema. More secrets appeared to him. I once read about the end of theThe artist sees in his painting what no recipient of art, no matter how interested he is, sees, as well as a film director, no matter how versed we are in the world of cinema. More secrets appeared to him. I once read about the end of the masterpiece of the controversial Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni BLOW-UP, the sentence "a plot twist without a plot", I understand his intent, but I do not agree at all with this sentence to describe this exact ending, the end was at the heart of the plot.
At the beginning of the film we see the city of London as if it was one of the cities of the Italian realism films by Federico Fellini, then a journey in the world of the beloved photographer Thomas as if he was the hero of one of the French New Wave films, then a murder and Hitchcocky mystery, and then .. blowing up all of the above with illusion..
After I finished this film, I thought to myself: If I become a filmmaker one day, I will do what Antonioni did in this film? Do I have the guts? Now my answer is no. Who am I to finish my film with a tennis match without a tennis ball or rackets?… Expand

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gracjanskiOct 16, 2022

This is a typical movie I dont like: not sympathetic main protagonist, cold and too serious atmosphere, pseudo hip setting, looooong scenes with so few story. Of course you need to think about the movie, but I almost fell asleep and couldThis is a typical movie I dont like: not sympathetic main protagonist, cold and too serious atmosphere, pseudo hip setting, looooong scenes with so few story. Of course you need to think about the movie, but I almost fell asleep and could endure the last 30 minutes any more.… Expand

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