A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
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Vanessa Redgrave | Jane |
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Sarah Miles | Patricia |
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David Hemmings | Thomas |
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John Castle | Bill |
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Jane Birkin | The Blonde |
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Gillian Hills | The Brunette |
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Peter Bowles | Ron |
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Veruschka von Lehndorff | Verushka |
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Julian Chagrin | Mime |
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Claude Chagrin | Mime |
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Jeff Beck | Self - The Yardbirds |
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Roy Beck | Boy dancing In Ricki Tick Club |
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Charlie Bird | Homeless Man |
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Susan Brodrick | Antique shop owner |
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Robin Burns | Homeless Man |
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Tsai Chin | Thomas's receptionist |
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Julio Cortázar | Homeless Man |
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Chris Dreja | Self - The Yardbirds |
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Vince Fleming | Man in Dance Hall |
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Melanie Hampshire | Model |
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Lew Hooper | Pedestrian |
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Harry Hutchinson | Shopkeeper |
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Jill Kennington | Model |
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Mary Khal | Fashion editor |
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Chas Lawther | Waiter |
| Director | Michelangelo Antonioni |
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| Writer | Michelangelo Antonioni, Julio Cortázar, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond | |
| Producer | Carlo Ponti, Pierre Rouve | |
| Musician | Herbie Hancock | |
| Photography | Carlo Di Palma | |
| Edition | Criterion Collection |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | PCM Mono [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Regions | Region A |
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| Index | 2008 |
| Added Date | Feb 21, 2018 20:34:35 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:36 |
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Disc Features
New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New pieces 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 2016 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, an updated 1966 account of the film’s shooting by Stig Björkman, the questionnaires the director distributed to photographers and painters while developing the film, and the 1959 Julio Cortázar short story on which the film is loosely based
New cover by Rodrigo Corral