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Regia di Michelangelo Antonioni

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[dutchgoing]

@AidoFeif I like Japanese cinema, I am oddly drawn to 'Blowup' despite it being dated and very very slow, it would be total rubbish without David Hemmings. It is quite atmospheric and could have quite easily been more mainstream with more script, a bit more plot, less of a sneer at pop culture and less pretentious. It is good in so many ways but the director seems so above making a mere feature film. The ending really was a kick in the nuts but maybe done on purpose, so I do see the joke.

[AidoFeif]

@dutchgoing Also, as a sidenote: in my opinion, Fellini is a different type of director altogether. The first Criterion Collection film I ever owned was a Fellini. I'm not sure if you've seen any Kiyoshi Kurosawa films (but you probably have, considering you seem knowledgeable about the film world and have firm opinions relating to it) but he's definitely my favorite contemporary director. Maybe we can agree on him. Seance is a favorite of mine, though he has other great films. Try him!

[AidoFeif]

@dutchgoing Haha, no, Antonioni is pretty critical. I mean, Zabriskie Point? But that doesn't stop me from appreciating the way he dictates the medium. And remember, I said my "academic friends" for the most part hadn't bothered with this film. I wouldn't accuse Antonioni of trying to make a conventional film out of this. Very odd movie, none too kind to photography, but then, it is one of the most criticized branches of the art world. I think the movie's important. You don't. That's alright.

[dutchgoing]

@AidoFeif Well to be fair I did watch it several times in the last 20 years & have only got to the end once. This is pretty poor stuff as art movies go & if your academic friends don't see the way Mr A takes the piss out of the audience at the end then they need to see the wood from the trees. Carlo Ponti never produced very high quality movies, this is an 'art' movie by accident because it doesn't work as a conventional film at all. Fellini is a much better bet than this dated, boring tripe.

[AidoFeif]

@dutchgoing Yeesh! We see this film completely differently! You won't be pleased to hear that my photography teachers seem to regard this as a "must watch" (especially for people in the photography/film/theory worlds), but you will be pleased to know that, in my Photography and Death class, I was the only student who had seen it.

[maumavideo]

che bellezza quando si cominciano a sentire i colpi delle racchette dopo che ho raccolto la palla.. però a questo filmato manca il punto chiave del film, quando rimane del prato e piano piano sfuma e rimane solo l'erba...

[dutchgoing]

I tried to watch this film several times over the years but it was too boring and too damning of popular culture ie real life. If you get to the end the mind-blowing pretentiousness of this last scene is like an artistic kick in the balls for having made a commitment to having stayed with it. Total, utter artsy-farsty and shallow rubbish which fortunately has not stood the test of time.

[87RepoMan]

CAPOLAVORO!!!

[TheFreemood]

questo sì che è cinema!

[MrTepepa]

L'arte può rivelare la verità; può rispecchiare la realtà...?

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