Friday, July 15, 2005

Lisa had a hankering to watch Blow Up again, so we watched it over the past two nights...

It's still an amazing movie. Unlikable, self-involved hero, really irritating villainess (if that's what she is), and yet it managed once again to involve us in mysteries -- what happened in that park? And what's going on with Thomas? If you want to see an art film that works, Antonioni's your man. (L'Avventura's pretty amazing too.)

And, of course, if you want to see fabulous Swinging London, Yardbirds and all...

8:45 AM

2 Comments:

Antonioni is a really great example of that european art film sensibility that does work. I bought L'Avventura a while ago and screened it recently and you can see how he liked to investigate deep emotional territory while painting with a big canvas. Very cool.

By  William, at 10:43 AM  

The reason it's so great is because what the photographer is going through is what you, the viewer, are going through. What did you really see? He just sits back and watches, which is what you're doing too. At the end, when he can't prove that it's all real, he's in a field throwing an imaginary ball to a mime. Then he disappears -- a reminder that the character isn't real either. It's all just a movie...

By  lisa e, at 9:43 PM  

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