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Blow-Up (1966) |
Photographer rolls a British half crown between his fingers to impress models
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The 1966 film "Blow-Up" is a British film set in the swinging sixties in London.
Professional photographer Thomas takes pictures of female models and later takes some candid pictures in a park.
After enlarging one of his photographs of a man and a woman, he sees in the "blow-up" what may have been a murder.
Early in the film two young amateur models visit Thomas and he rolls a British Elizabeth II half crown coin
between his fingers, possibly to impress the girls.
1. Title
Thomas is a professional photographer working in London.
He begins by photographing Veruschka, a real top professional model at the time.
2. Thomas at work
When he leaves his studio he is accosted by two young girls, a blonde and a brunette,
who ask him if he can photograph them. He tells them to come back later which they do.
3. The two girls
Thomas is seated and pulls out a coin.
4. Thomas rolls a coin
Thomas moves the coin between his fingers, possibly to impress the girls or to
show them that he is not really interested in them as models.
5. The coin obverse
The coin obverse appears and is a British coin of Queen Elizabeth II.
6. The coin reverse
The coin reverse appears and shows that the coin is a half crown.
A British half crown of Elizabeth II
7. Great Britain half crown 1963
Copper-nickel, 32 mm, 14.14 gm
These coins were minted from 1953 to 1970 before Britain
changed from the pound-shilling-pence monetary system to the decimal system.
Back to the film:
8. Thomas at the park
Thomas visits a small local park and sees a man and a woman walking.
9. Candid shot
He begins photographing them and the woman comes up to him and objects.
Later at his studio, Jane, the woman in the photograph, visits him.
10. Jane asks for the film
Jane firsts asks him for the film and then tries to steal the camera.
Thomas talks to her, gives her a roll of film, and she leaves.
Thomas has kept the film that Jane wanted and develops the pictures.
11. Thomas makes a discovery
He then makes enlargements "blow-ups" of some of the pictures.
12. One of the blow-ups
Thomas sees what looks like a man with a gun and in another picture a body on the ground.
He drives around London, spots Jane in a line for a performance of a rock band, enters the club
but can't find her, then visits a party at an upscale house.
He then visits the park again
13. Thomas at the park
Cast, Directors, Writers:
David Hemmings as Thomas
Vanessa Redgrave as Jane
Veruschka as herself (the model)
Jane Birkin as blonde girl visitor
Gillian Hills as brunette girl visitor
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
Vanessa Redgrave as Jane
Veruschka as herself (the model)
Jane Birkin as blonde girl visitor
Gillian Hills as brunette girl visitor
Writers: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra
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