Blow-Up

i didn't enjoy this at all. i couldn't get into it. i didn't actually get it either. the first hour is interminable, following around the random actions of an insufferable character; i was checking the time, wishing i knew when the rest of the movie started. and then it did... but wait, those 2 wanna-be models are back! ok, back to it now.... and then it was over. i just can't give it higher than 3 stars. i suppose it played quite differently in its time, and still does for people who are familiar with the culture and understand what certain scenes communicate. read more

i understand this film is important for a lot of people- didn't speak to me at all read more

i'm not going to pretend i know what antonioni was going for here. there is a mystery but that isn't the focus and he loses interest in telling that story pretty quickly. i read the film as a critique of 60s counterculture and hedonism and the real story is thomas' disillusionment with his lifestyle of passing pleasures. i'm certain that isn't what was intended, but i can't come up with any other interpretation that doesn't make me say it is piece of shit. i really am underwhelmed by most of the mid-century european auteurs. they are so focused on capturing emotion on film that they forget to... read more

Ща бы искать смысл в фильме от челиков, которые как минимум два раза по-детски спалили оператора в кадре. Ну, это будет прям лютый спгс и вообще похоже на серию из саус парка про занюхивание собственного пердежа. read more