Anybody seen "Blowup" (Michelangelo Antonioni)(1966)?

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liligurl

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Just wondering. I had never heard of it but it was shown (with a german dubbed soundtrack) on BR public tv - Munich, very early this morning.

A fascinating look at mid-60s London and interesting for who is in it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup

In some ways it didn't look that dated although there was a lot less traffic in London in 1966......
 
I'm not enamoured of Antonioni's latter-day pretensions, but I do like this film. I love Vanessa Redgrave's performance, and the silently fascinating sequences where Hemmings is contemplating what's not quite right with his picture, and his efforts to shed further light on the mystery. Embarrasingly, Hemmings is even quite hot and fit here. Could have done without the silly Birkin/Hills tits and peekaboo-muff sequence that goes on forever though.
 
Anybody seen "Blowup" (Michelangelo Antonioni)(1966)?

I saw part of the film about 25 years ago but can hardly remember it.
When I was growing up I used to play where they filmed. The park was Maryon Park in Charlton SE London.
My gran actually made some money out of that film. Her house overlooked the park. They needed to put up backdrop scenery which oscured hers and her neighbours veiw of the park so the film company gave her
 
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