Movie
Blow-Up
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1966-12-18
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bridge Films, Carlo Ponti Production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Hemmings as Thomas
- Vanessa Redgrave as Jane
- Sarah Miles as Patricia
- John Castle as Bill
- Veruschka von Lehndorff as Veruschka
- Jane Birkin as The Blonde
- Gillian Hills as The Brunette
- Peter Bowles as Ron
- Julian Chagrin as Mime
- Claude Chagrin as Mime
- Jimmy Page as Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
- Jeff Beck as Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Crew
- Michelangelo Antonioni - Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni - Screenplay
- Tonino Guerra - Screenplay
- Michelangelo Antonioni - Story
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