Blow-up / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Premier Productions Co., Inc. presents a Carlo Ponti production ; produced by Carlo Ponti ; screenplay by Michaelangelo Antonioni and Tonino Guerra ; directed by Michaelangelo Antonioni.
Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle, Jane Birkin. Wide screen (1.85:1). Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. Inspired by a short story by Julio Cortázar, Special features: new piece about director Michelangelo Antonioni's artistic approach, featuring photography curators Walter Moser and Philippe Garner and art historian David Alan Mellor; Blow-up of "Blow-up, " 52 minute documentary; conversation from 2016 between Garner and actor Vanessa Redgrave; archival interviews with Antonioni and actors David Hemmings and Jank Birkin; trailers; essay by film scholar David Forgacs and more.
Summary:
A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder. Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Michaelangelo Antonioni, and Best Screenplay.
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