Blow-Up (1966)
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni · 111 min · Drama, Mystery, Thriller
71.9 TOPICAL score · #675 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Blow-Up (1966, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni) has a TOPICAL score of 71.9 - ranked 675 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the Palme d'Or. Critics: 87% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (1,430 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 46 languages.
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- Critics87% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82
- AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (1,430 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. Palme d'Or
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 46 languages
- Still read31,337 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time
Starring: David Hemmings (actor #1,327), Vanessa Redgrave (actor #209), Sarah Miles (actor #926), John Castle
“In Playboy magazine, film critic Arthur Knight wrote that Blowup would come to be considered "as important and seminal a film as Citizen Kane, Open City, and Hiroshima, Mon Amour – perhaps even more so".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10