Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
UK/Italy/USA, 1966, 111min/color, DCP, in English
In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker’s first English-language feature. 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.
• write up by Paramount Theatre
This screening is part of the Paramount Theatre Summer Classic Film Series! This showing is part of the Blow Up + Blow Out Double Feature. Join us for one film or both!
Doors Open at 7
PARKING
$6 parking available at the 600 Congress parking garage.
Entrance at 155 W 7th St.
[Film Trailer](https://youtu.be/YCNTLWCFcQs?is=D5ilS3yLG42CjxkD)
[Tickets can be bought online at this link.](https://tickets.austintheatre.org/13834/13835?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaATM5T1wZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABpw_ZJcXwAa0FZhVqRjrsR4TtqgHDopbhFGxnIlCuySyCeVUGZf7Frd--fhPi_aem_KFrVjH2DQqQWbe1-7J9lrA)
Pre-Film Hang:
Join us at Upstairs at Caroline for a pre-screening discussion at 5:30pm!
We are having a pre-film discussion to allow anyone to join in who might not be able to attend both films or stay after Blow Out
Meetup Ratings:
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We also have a discord chat server for our community. You may join it here: [https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH](https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH)
Meetup Structure:
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening.
2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot.
3: There will only be post film discussion in the lobby since this film is the first of the double feature being shown!
