Blow-Up

N.p. N.p., Circa 1966. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1966 film, showing a sex scene between actors Jane Birkin and Gillian Hills, with David Hemmings looking on on the right. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso.

Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film, marking the beginning of the final phase of his work, co-produced by companies in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom, featuring an international cast. The director's brash use of color, set design, nonstandard editing techniques, and typical emphasis of atmosphere over plot would carry over into the two major films that followed, "Zabriskie Point" (1970) and "The Passenger" (1975).

Winner of the Palme d'Or. Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Set and shot on location in London.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 865. Ebert I. Grant UK.

[Book #168483]