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Blow-Up what shall I says more?
The last film I saw with him was " Last Orders ". A good film.
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English young film actors of the 60s. David, I argue, was in the greatest single movie of the 3.
"Blow-up" is more than a snapshot of an era. Hemmings's character defines cool: even today, his detachment from his surroundings is arresting, and a shocking contrast to his devotion to his profession.
His apartment, car, wardrobe, way of treating women, etc.---these set a benchmark for young, urban men for the time. (My best-cousin-friend was so affected by the movie he bought a camera and eventually became a Vogue photographer in Rome).
The movie worked on many levels. Beautiful photography. Excellent score. Smashing "birds."
But, it was also a brilliant artistic achievement, combining social criticism within a very clever detective story.
If, Oh Lucky Man, and a Clockwork Orange, none of which would have worked without McDowell as the angry young man and 3 films that really pushed the envelope for their time
Get Carter is a masterpiece, the Italian Job an amusement; Caine did many more
Eric
What about Alfie? hein?
I think that Finney was the better actor, Stamp had not done the real move for a star career...and Dave, through a sexy boy was more " a guest his life long....
Wenn i look at it two or three years ago, I found it long and boring, a curiosity..a dinausore....but how could I not love it...it is a firm part of my life.
Of course, Michael. For some reason, I think of him as being older than the others, which he's not. Same with Sean Connery.
Stamp, btw, was excellent in Billy Budd and a very scary thriller called something along the lines of When Darkness Falls. The Collector, of course, is what he'll be remembered for.
Caine and Stamp were close buddies, they shared a flat in London...Terence was very generous when Mikel has not a penny....
Yes, Blow Up is a great film with a musical score by jazzman Herbie Hancock, his first I do believe. It's curious video history is that it appeared on an early Criterion laserdisc that is letterboxed but off to one side. It was never re-released on LD and has not yet to my knowlege been issued on DVD. I alwways loved the fact that the Hemmings character had an early version of a car 'phone.I also love the heart of the film, the "blow up" cycle of the title. This theme was of course revisited in Coppola's "The Conversation" and then the two were sort of combined in DePalma's "Blow Out".
I am not certain that Blow Up was a great film..in fact iam confortable at saying..not. BUT it was the reflection of the 60īs...And that was unique.
I know a lot of the great intellects on this board look down on him, but Roger Ebert lists Blow Up in his book The Great Movies (100 of them) and on his web site (same list). And when one considers the framing of the story, the suspense as Hemmings gradually understands what he photographed, and the fact that the idea has twice been paid homage to by two respected directors, one is moved to agree.
I would take L'Eclisse and L'Avventura over it any day, and of course the Professione: Reporter is head and shoulders above it.I suspect Ebert didn't have any of those on the list - or did he?
Speaking of Antonioni... anyone seen his latest works?
L'Avventura is on his list, the others are not. Sheesh, the list is only of 100 movies.
a Low key film with a great soundtrack and credible snapshot *pardon the pun* of a swinging 60s London lifestyle lived in style; watching this I cant help but go green with envy at the grace space and pace!
I have always thought the development of suspense in Blow Up could have been done better though
I am sure Hemmings walked that walk as an artist then too, lucky guy
Appearances by Hugh Hefner, the Yardbirds with a very young Eric Burdon, Vanessa Redgrave, I like this film!
Curious how Hemmings made many walkon and cameo appearances in films thereafter, almost like Antonioni never stopped directing him out of the photographers role
Eric
"Appearances by Hugh Hefner, the Yardbirds with a very young Eric Burdon, Vanessa Redgrave, I like this film!The Yardbirds with Eric Burdon - some mistake surely. Oh, and I don't remember Hugh Hefner being in it either.
blink and you will miss him, but he is there
Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were in Blow Up, not Eric Burdon, my bad, apologies, case of; * if you can remember the 60s, you werent there!*
Eric
As a frozen snapshot it has is value, invaluable for me, as it was the cool part of my life...so to speak...as for the film you said it all....
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