03/27/2026
Foreign Film Friday, 7pm at the Flood Gallery 802 Fairview Rd, Suite 1200. Tonight
BLOW-UP...Michelangelo Antonioni...1966...8 Wins, 2 Oscar and 9 Nominations
Blow Up is the quintessential 60' s movie with a roster of talented British actors, colourful mod fashions (now back in vogue), dreary post-war London locations and empty streets, groovy music by American composer extraordinaire Herbie Hancock and an Italian director and writer in love with the whole scene. This pseudo thriller/whodunit unwinds rather slowly and with little dialogue and, I think, is just an excuse for Antonioni to show how weird the English were. A must see flick for the ones nostalgic or who missed the 60' s completely.
