Blowup (as shown in the screen credits, also often rendered as
Blow-Up on promotional and packaging materials) is a
1966 British-
Italian art film directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni and was that director's first
English language film. It tells the story of a photographer's involvement with a murder case. The film was inspired by the short story "Las Babas del Diablo" ("The Droolings of the Devil") by
Argentinian writer
Julio Cortázar, and by the work, habits, and mannerisms of
Swinging London photographer David Bailey. The film was
scored by jazz pianist
Herbie Hancock, although the music is
diegetic as it is played on a record by the main character. Nominated for several awards at the Cannes Film Festival,
Blowup won the
Grand Prix.
Blowup stars
David Hemmings,
Vanessa Redgrave,
Sarah Miles,
John Castle, and
Jane Birkin.
Blowup was controversial as the first British film to feature
full frontal female nudity (although this is sometimes noted as having happened in the slightly later
if....). MGM did not gain approval for the film under the
MPAA Production Code in the United States. The code's collapse and thorough revision was foreshadowed when MGM released the film through a subsidiary distributor and
Blowup was shown widely in North American cinemas.
thehappygoddess Watching Some Like It Hot and answering email. Marilyn Monroe's dress is so sheer it is crazy!!
clarabell87 "I want to be love by you, just you, and nobody else but you. I want to be loved by you alone. Boop boopie doo!" - Some Like it Hot :)
mmatassa @TCManiacs Thanks for the awesome Double Indemnity house photos. And for the follow.
lrigbyphoto @TCManiacs: Thanks for the reminder re. In Cold Blood. Bad enough that I just missed Double Indemnity. Barbara Stanwyck is the best!
ou_flyer @SirHogarth I'm going to guess you just got followed by TCM for that tweet - I know I did! lol
SirHogarth @ou_flyer I agree! TCM is my fave cable channel. Stalag 17, 12 o'clock High, The Thin Man, North by Northwest, the list goes on. All B&W
citizenrobot Pissing away my day off with googlings, Double Indemnity. Beer and sausages to follow at Wurstküche Restaurant. Later, will sleep on face?
cinematictragic Watching Double Indemnity. I think I'm a little too obsessed with film noir!
joannemariel dot's observation on double indemnity: reminds be of body double.
Highclass1979 10 more wins to go in BOP... FEAR2 is amazing and I've finally put up a spry menu for TCM site. I'm on a roll.
bigpicture @TCManiacs Double Indemnity is one of the great studio noirs ever!
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stevebeste @jps99jps99 You should send out a tweet when the show it starting. Someone sends me a tweet whenever at TCM movie starts and I like it
brianlibby Couldn't help but stay up and watch Antonioni's awesome "Blow-Up" on TCM. I want to be the young David Hemmings character, only not a jerk.
touchofretro Oh, dear! I am watching "Darling" and I am getting red in the face with embarrassment. #tcm
MarcellaK Thanks to @tcmaniacs for this blog: http://is.gd/jEpT - Famous Photoshoot Scenes in Classic Movies. Blow-Up, Funny Face, etc. Cool!
stinamarie Funny face, tea, & edemame
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mikeyk Movie coincidence number 2: line in Double Indemnity "Palo Alto! You a Stanford man?" exactly the moment caltrain conductor says "Palo Alto"
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