Blow-Up (1966) is the film that inspired a generation of teenage
boys to take up photography in the hope of getting to sleep with
top models.
If any of you are reading this today - bad luck guys. You should've
become an accountant. Money talks.
Blow-Up is also director Michelangelo Antonioni's view of the 'Swinging
London' world of mod fashion, and a provocative murder mystery that
(pseud alert) examines the existential nature of reality through
photography.
A nihilistic, high-fashion photographer, played
by David Hemmings, lives a life of excess in London. He becomes
bored with his lucrative career and resorts to photographing the
seamy and sordid side of life in London.
By chance, one of his snaps becomes visual evidence
of a murder.
Blow-Up quickly became one of the most important films of its decade,
and a milestone in liberalised attitudes toward film nudity. The
film was nominated for two Academy Awards but didn't snap one up.
