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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 73% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic82/100
1,408 audience votes
Key crew
- Michelangelo AntonioniScreenplay
- Herbie HancockOriginal Music Composer
- Tonino GuerraScreenplay
- Michelangelo AntonioniDirector
Cast
- David HemmingsThomas
- Vanessa RedgraveJane
- Sarah MilesPatricia
- John CastleBill
- Veruschka von LehndorffVeruschka
- Jane BirkinThe Blonde
- Gillian HillsThe Brunette
- Peter BowlesRon
- Julian ChagrinMime
- Claude ChagrinMime
- Jimmy PageSelf - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
- Jeff BeckSelf - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
london, englandloss of sense of realityphotographerburglarphotographysuspicion of murdersurrealmunicipal parkpantomimephotographic evidencemurdercounter-culture
The Best Movies of 1966
Blow-Up is #17 of 60
