Movie

Blowup

1966 · 111 min

A slow, hypnotic slide from swinging London glamour into existential unease, where looking becomes a trap.

Tagline: Sometimes, reality is the strangest fantasy of all.
Overview: A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, identity, isolation, deception
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
isolation
deception
memory
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong