Blow-Up (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Blow-Up (Criterion Collection) 1966 BLU-RAYIn 1966,
Michelangelo Antonioni (L’avventura) transplanted his existentialist ennui to
the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian
filmmaker’s English-language debut. A countercultural masterpiece about the
act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a
psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings (Deep Red) as a fashion
photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two
lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating
color palette breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie
Hancock, a beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End),
and a cameo by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a
bygone era. Blow-Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a
brilliant film by one of cinema’s greatest artists.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
FEATURESNew, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural
soundtrackA new piece about director Michelangelo Antonioni’s artistic
approach, featuring photography curators Walter Moser and Philippe Garner and
art historian David Alan MellorBlow-up of “Blow-Up,” a new 52-minute
documentary on the making of the filmConversation from 2016 between Garner and
actor Vanessa RedgraveArchival interviews with Antonioni and actors David
Hemmings and Jane BirkinTrailersPLUS: A book featuring an essay by film
scholar David Forgacs and moreDIRECTOR: Michelangelo
AntonioniFEATUREz:DRAMAWIDESCREENCOLORASPECT RATIO: 1.85:1UNCOMPRESSED
MONAURAL PC111 MinutesLANGUAGES: ENGLISHRATED: NR Review In 1966, Michelangelo
Antonioni (L’avventura) transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets
of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s
English-language debut. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing
and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological
mystery, starring David Hemmings (Deep Red) as a fashion photographer who
unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette
breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie Hancock, a
beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave (Howards End), and a cameo
by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a bygone era.
Blow‑Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a brilliant film
by one of cinema’s greatest artists.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES-New,
restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack -A new
piece about director Michelangelo Antonioni’s artistic approach, featuring
photography curators Walter Moser and Philippe Garner and art historian David
Alan Mellor-Blow-up of “Blow-Up,” a new 52-minute documentary on the making of
the film-Conversation from 2016 between Garner and actor Vanessa Redgrave-
Archival interviews with Antonioni and actors David Hemmings and Jane Birkin-
Trailers-PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film scholar David Forgacs and
more

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Product Details:

• Genre: Mystery & Suspense
• Format: Widescreen, Subtitled
• Contributor: Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave
• Language: English
• Runtime: 1 hour and 51 minutes
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 Ounces
• Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 43449014
• Director ‏ : ‎ Michelangelo Antonioni
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Subtitled
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 51 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2017
• Actors ‏ : ‎ David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave