Blow-Up (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Blow-Up (Criterion Collection) 1966 BLU-RAY

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
• DIRECTOR: Michelangelo Antonioni

FEATUREz:

• DRAMA
• WIDESCREEN
• COLOR
• ASPECT RATIO: 1.85:1
• UNCOMPRESSED MONAURAL PC
• 111 Minutes
• LANGUAGES: ENGLISH

RATED: NR

Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, Veruschka, Julian Chagrin