tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post6517236481464012313..comments2023-10-04T09:31:33.192-04:00Comments on The Flick Pick Monster: The Big Picture: BlowupNick Duvalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00089865009208643645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post-75769183498028000252009-09-30T16:59:30.815-04:002009-09-30T16:59:30.815-04:00Yeah, I wrote this review a year ago, and my eye f...Yeah, I wrote this review a year ago, and my eye for aesthetics has changed since then. It's probably a better movie for me now then then. <br /><br />--- NickNick Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089865009208643645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post-87668109182772056062009-04-29T22:45:00.000-04:002009-04-29T22:45:00.000-04:00Interesting take. I really like your site. What i...Interesting take. I really like your site. What is interesting here is that, in my opinion Blowup on some level is about perception. And Antonioni uses Mod London as a backdrop, but I don't think he necessarily gets bogged down in the hipness of it. In terms of perception, the Yardbirds scene, the tumult in the crowd only begins when there is the piece of the guitar being fought over, then Thomas brings it outside of the concert crowd where it was priceless and the kids on the corner can't be bothered with it. (sort of a 'one man's guitar head is another man's... type thing). Also Mimes play in the game of perception and it is all about seeing what is not there, which is alluded to again when Thomas's abstract painter neighbor talks about seeing things in his paintings, and later his girlfriend and Thomas are looking at a blown up photo and she remarks that it looks like one of her boyfriends paintings. And again, the last scene, with the mimes, the camera goes on Thomas looking at them playing 'fake' tennis, and ultimately, Antonioni puts in the sound of an actual tennis ball being hit back and forth (listen carefully), calling into question levels of perception and real things that aren't there and vice versa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com