There is lot of interest and controversy
dragging behind fashion photographers from the day they started to exist. To
live a profoundly different life style surrounded with beautiful women and be
involved with their passion seems like a kind of living a dream to the
observer. However behind all that the main character of Blow Up seems to be
packing more things to worry about. Other than the back to back photo shoots in
his studio and rushing for property and investment opportunities in his little
free time, Thomas pursue his passion of photography in streets and public parks
alike. But one day while discretely shooting a couple in a park he must have
caught something unexpected on the reel. Events that unfold after this incident
instantly change the mood of the movie and the viewer begins a journey of
seeking in the dark for a potential murder.
Other than spending time solely
on coming to the point, Blow Up spends an enormous portion of the movie to
introduce Thomas to the viewer. His behaviors (professionally and privately),
his connections and friends, his life style and attitudes are some amongst
them. And along with the story line it portrays the urban life style of the 60s
that includes rock culture; University culture of the white faced ‘rag’ groups that
play havoc on the streets and then some of the night life where young fades
away in to cannabis. All of this package comes with mild show of nudity and
could have being a very controversial subject at the time a brief threesome. All
this creates a mood to the movie and strongly places it in the artistic side of
cinema than being commercial.
For me Blow Up was a satisfying movie
experience. It has good acting and script coupled with a fare phase to keep me
involved. Perhaps it takes too long to enter the real intention of the plot but
that phase of emptiness is what creates the real ripples in the viewer’s brain.
And the use of signs and expressions is at a good level. Blow Up is a movie
that I can visit again after sometime.
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