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.
23 Nov Blow Up (1966)
Double Folding
I consider this a fine example of a doubly folded film. The first fold is the much commented fold between the filmmaker and his chief character. Some rather obvious matters of reality and the projected image are explored. You can read about them in thousands of places.
The second fold is unintended. Here we have Antonioni making a film about self-indulgent artists in the sixties with effect ideas. I’m sure at the time that he thought himself above this. Both he and we thought his art rather profound at the time. Silly us. Look at this now and see the second fold of the filmmaker into the character.
Posted in 2001
Ted’s Evaluation — 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
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