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Title: Blow-Up (The Criterion Collection)
Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
EAN: 0715515192910
Release Date: 28/03/2017
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION


BLOW-UP (CRITERION COLLECTION) 1966 BLU-RAY
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni (L’avventura) transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s English-language debut. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings (Deep Red) as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie Hancock, a beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End), and a cameo by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a bygone era. Blow-Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a brilliant film by one of cinema’s greatest artists.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
* New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
* A 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,” a new 52-minute documentary on the making of the film
* Conversation from 2016 between Garner and actor Vanessa Redgrave
* Archival interviews with Antonioni and actors David Hemmings and Jane Birkin

TRAILERS
* PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film scholar David Forgacs and more
* DIRECTOR: Michelangelo Antonioni

FEATUREZ:
* DRAMA
* WIDESCREEN
* COLOR
* ASPECT RATIO: 1.85:1
* UNCOMPRESSED MONAURAL PC
* 111 Minutes
* LANGUAGES: ENGLISH

RATED: NR


REVIEW


In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni (L’avventura) transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s English-language debut. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings (Deep Red) as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie Hancock, a beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End), and a cameo by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a bygone era. Blow‑Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a brilliant film by one of cinema’s greatest artists.



BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

-New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

-A 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,” a new 52-minute documentary on the making of the film

-Conversation from 2016 between Garner and actor Vanessa Redgrave

-Archival interviews with Antonioni and actors David Hemmings and Jane Birkin

-Trailers

-PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film scholar David Forgacs and more
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
Studio: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Actor: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave
Rating: MPAA Not Rated
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hour and 51 minutes
Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Release Year: 2017

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