SILVER

Perhaps the most iconic "art film" of the 1960s, BLOW-UP uses the plot thread of a murder mystery to present questions about art itself, and the artist's willingness, even eagerness, to distort reality and perception. Director Michelangelo Antonioni presents a day in the life of a successful but ennui-ridden London fashion photographer (David Hemmings) who, after surreptitiously taking candid shots of lovers in the park, realizes he may have captured evidence of a murder. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR/SCR Michelangelo Antonioni; SCR Tonino Guerra; PROD Carlo Ponti. UK/Italy/U.S., 1966, color, 111 min. NOT RATED

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