Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)

This was a movie I knew nothing about. Based on the fact it is by an Italian director, I thought it was going to be in Italian - imagine my delight when it was in English. This was Antonioni's first English language film, and apparently his most successful. Now, not having seen any of his other films, I don't know if this was any better or worse.

It was an interesting story - a photographer takes some candid photos of a couple in a park. When he develops the photos (yes folks, this is pre digital photography) he realizes he may or may not have witnessed a murder. (He blows up the images to reveal a man with a gun in the bushes...hence the title 'Blow Up'.)

The good, and challenging thing with this movie is - it's totally and unabashedly a 60s movie. It takes place in 'swinging' London. The problem I had was I kept visualising Austin Powers - yeah baby! The main character is a fashion photographer, who drives a convertible and is quite the ladies man. So it was difficult to take it...seriously. That's not the fault of the film.

It was an interesting film. Not great.

One word to describe 'Blow Up': Pixelated.