A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 11 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
As often with Antonioni, a film riddled with moments of brilliance and scuppered by infuriating pretensions.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
There may be some meaning, some commentary about life being a game, beyond what remains locked in the mind of film's creator, Italian director-writer Michelangelo Antonioni. But it is doubtful that the general public will get the 'message' of this film.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
31 Jul 2007
fresh:
This is so ravishing to look at (the colors all seem newly minted) and pleasurable to follow (the enigmas are usually more teasing than worrying) that you're likely to excuse the metaphysical pretensions.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
31 Jul 2007
rotten:
In Blow-Up [Antonioni] smothers this conflict in the kind of pompous platitudes the press loves to designate as proper to "mature," "adult," "sober" art.
– Pauline Kael,
The New Republic,
4 Feb 2013
fresh:
A prize '60s artifact, Michelangelo Antonioni's what-is-truth? meditation on Swinging London is a movie to appreciate -- if not ponder.