tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933786364967938038.post5328990706256648753..comments2023-08-07T05:10:02.531-04:00Comments on Movie Classics: BlowupMovieClassicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211001679253606769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933786364967938038.post-16877705311049394452012-07-27T08:47:59.437-04:002012-07-27T08:47:59.437-04:00Hello Again Carlos!
Yes, I review all the comments...Hello Again Carlos!<br />Yes, I review all the comments to make sure they apply. I agree with your post with respect to Zabriski Point and Myra Breckinbridge although I have not seen "The Punk and the Princess" and cannot comment on that. I appreciate your insights and thank you for commenting. - SamMovieClassicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00211001679253606769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933786364967938038.post-54445914575662697222012-07-27T08:25:11.535-04:002012-07-27T08:25:11.535-04:00Hiya Carlos!
I was a little confused by your comm...Hiya Carlos!<br /><br />I was a little confused by your comment but I think I understand now. Please correct me if I am inaccurate. This Blog is about context in the 1960's. Contrasting political events of the time with Antonioni's movie. The "unraveling" is about the Profumo Affair and how the politicos got caught and the similarity with Antonioni's storyline.<br /><br />The Profumo Affair was a British political scandal (same as the movie) which occurred in 1963 (three yrs. before the movie was released), and I remember it quite well. Politicians having clandestine sexual affairs and the consequences thereof was the point of both the movie and the Profumo Scandal. The Profumo Scandal was a worldwide event following the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 at the height of the Cold War and "unraveled" over many months after re-examining the evidence (same as the movie). It occurred between a "much older middle aged man" as you've stated above, and a very young woman. Capitalizing on the Profumo Affair added significantly to the believability and appeal of the movie and the general view of Govt. cover ups at the time. I certainly appreciate your comment and your obvious knowledge of the production details. Thanx for your comment.....MovieClassicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00211001679253606769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933786364967938038.post-6255459297717657402012-06-25T19:29:29.645-04:002012-06-25T19:29:29.645-04:00..oh I see .. the comments here are 'vetted.....oh I see .. the comments here are 'vetted' .. to clarify my previous post, there was no model in the park . It is not implied that Vanessa Redgrave is a 'call girl' or that the older man is a British Minister. It is the older man who is found dead not the 'call girl'. The complex story does not unravel.. we are presented with events as the photographer experiences them, including him walking in on a couple having sex .. another moment of voyeurism but no moral slant is forced on us the viewer, also the 'voyeur' .. ultimately this movie is about control and lack of control of events that unfold before our eyes and also apathy.. for example how unmoved, unexcited the crowd are even with a great rock band performing live right in front of them until the broken guitar neck is grabbed by the photographer, then they react ... the issues/events in Blow Up can be taken at face value or read into deeper, that is why it is such a great cinematic experience and watchable over and over.... I would suggest anyone interested in Blow Up then screens Zabriskie Point which was Antonioni's first USA made movie and also his 'take' on America as he saw it.... another non Antonioni movie to create a tryptic I would suggest Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinbridge Dir. by Michael Sarne who I have had privilege of working with on an as yet un-released movie set in London and his only movie since 'The Punk & The Princess' which was made in the early 1990'sCarlos De'athnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933786364967938038.post-55006656667175116062012-06-25T18:51:59.213-04:002012-06-25T18:51:59.213-04:00I think you need to watch Blow Up again because fr...I think you need to watch Blow Up again because from reading the above, it seems like you have not seen it at all. In the park, the photographer was alone, not photographing a 'model'. He had just spent the night in a homeless mens hostel in Peckham. A lot of this movie was shot in south London which is where I live and I know all the locations. He had gone to look at an antique shop that was for sale. The actual location is in Charlton. Next to the shop is the park which he decided to go into with his 35mm camera first photographing pigeons until he sees the two lovers. A young woman and a much older middle aged man. He takes many photos of them from a distance. Eventually the young woman sees him and runs towards him to challenge him and demands the film from his camera, at which the photographer becomes angry and finally says she cant have the film because there is other stuff on the roll, probably some of the previous nights hostel photos. She then runs off towards where she left her older lover and the photographer takes photos of her as she runs away. When she reaches the spot from where she was, she looks around but her older lover has gone..she then disappears. The photographer then drives back to Holland Park to his studio via Brixton and Stockwell. She later finds out where his studio is and pays him a visit... Later on when he develops the photos he realises he has captured a murder in his photos and by blowing up the prints he can see the gun used to shoot the older man and also see his body in undergrowth....We are not told who the Vanessa Redgrave character is or the older man victim. It is a mystery set to the background of 'swingin' 60's London' with a unique performance by The Yardbirds of 'Train Kept A Rollin' featuring Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck playing live in the Ricky Tick club off Oxford Street. The long haired 'hippy' dressed in silver dancing is Janet Street Porter. Your blog is the first time I have ever heard of a link to The Profumo affair and Blow Up, I must say.Carlos De'athnoreply@blogger.com