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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s English-language debut. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery, starring David Hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park. Antonioni’s meticulous aesthetic control and intoxicating color palette breathe life into every frame, and the jazzy sounds of Herbie Hancock, a beautifully evasive performance by Vanessa Redgrave, and a cameo by the Yardbirds make the film a transporting time capsule from a bygone era. Blow‑Up is a seductive immersion into creative passion, and a brilliant film by one of cinema’s greatest artists.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Documentary, Theatrical Trailer, Book
- A new piece about director Michelangelo Antonioni’s artistic approach, featuring photography curators Walter Moser and Philippe Garner and art historian David Alan Mellor
- Blow-up of “Blow-Up,” a new 52-minute documentary on the making of the film
- Conversation from 2016 between Philippe Garnier and actor Vanessa Redgrave
- Archival interviews with Michelangelo Antonioni and actors David Hemmings and Jane Birkin
- Trailers
- A book featuring an essay by film scholar David Forgacs and more
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Release Credits
Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Artwork: Rodrigo Corral
Artwork: Zak Tebbal
Release Notes on Restoration
Blow-Up
Blow-Up is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. This new digital transfer was created in 4K resolution on a Director film scanner from the 35mm original camera and a 35mm interpositive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, and warps were manually removed using MTI Film’s DRS while Digital Vision’s Phoenix was used for jitter, flicker, small dirt, grain, and noise management.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered from the original magnetic 2-inch 24-track DMR/MFX track. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered from the original magnetic 2-inch 24-track DMR/MFX track. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.