Blow-Up, a 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English film, tells of a photographer's accidental involvement with a murder. Hong Kong's Culture Club Gallery will screen this movie on August 17 at 8 p.m.
It's inspired by Julio Cortázar's 1959 short story, Las babas del diablo (The Devil's Drool), and by the life of swinging-London photographer David Bailey. The film was scored by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.
The plot follows a day in the life of fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings). Growing bored with a fashion shoot, he walks off, leaving the models and production staff in the lurch. As he leaves the studio, two teenage girls, aspiring models (Jane Birkin and Gillian Hills), ask to speak with him, but he drives off to an antiques shop.
Wandering, Thomas takes photos of two lovers. The woman (Vanessa Redgrave) is furious at being photographed. When she stalks Thomas back to his studio, asking for the film, he wants the images even more and hands her another roll instead. His many blowups (enlargements) of the film appear to show a body in the grass and a killer with a gun lurking in the trees.
Culture Club Gallery
Central, Hong Kong
(August 16, 2010)
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