Antonioni’s Blow-Up at the VMFA

Blow-Up this Friday November 26, 2010 6:30–9PM in the Leslie Cheek Theater at the VMFA. Turner/MGM, 1996 (not rated, 110 minutes) Starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, The Yardbirds Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni A self-indulgent photographer (Hemmings) in 1960s, swinging, mod London believes he has witnessed a murder because of a discovery he’s made in a […]

Blow-Up this Friday November 26, 2010 6:30–9PM in the Leslie Cheek Theater at the VMFA.

Turner/MGM, 1996 (not rated, 110 minutes)
Starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, The Yardbirds
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

A self-indulgent photographer (Hemmings) in 1960s, swinging, mod London believes he has witnessed a murder because of a discovery he’s made in a series of his photographs. This is a provocative film that suggests the ephemeral nature of the material world. Antonioni’s masterpiece is emblematic of the “times that were a changin’” and is almost a nostalgia piece now with fantastic locations, fashions, and The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, in performance.

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