"Blowup" from 1966 is a movie about which I read regularly in the TV guide when I was a kid back in the 1990s, but I never actually saw it. It aged well, even if I'm not sure what is strange and what is normal there because the past truly is another country. A story of a photographer who captures *something* in the background when casually taking picture in a park. Mysterious by design and with a lot of flesh in it.

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On December 18, 1966, Blow-Up premiered in New York City. Here’s some original David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave art!
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Fun flick! Always love anything directed by Antonioni or starring Hemmings! Here's one last shot of tonight's new art!
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I don't trust mimes ... not since Marcel Marceau trapped Jimmy Carter in that little invisible box ...
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Judging from this performance alone; David Hemmings does not seem like a fun guy to walk around in a park with ...
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The tile of the original short story this film was based off of translates to English as "The Spit of the Devil," which sounds metal as f*** ...
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Look at these effing hipsters ...
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Michelangelo Antonioni originally wanted The Velvet Underground as his rock band of choice for this film, but work permit issues made this not happen. The In Crowd were then selected but had to back out at the last minute. The guitar destroyed by the Yardbirds actually belonged to the previous band …
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Hmm ... How would David Hemmings' character in Deep Red handle this situation ...
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Note to self: buy red yarn and thumb tacks for David Hemmings' birthday gift ...
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For a 1966 film, there is so much nudity in this, I think even Russ Meyer may have blushed upon seeing it in theaters ...
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If Hemmings keeps zooming in, that photograph is eventually just gonna look like a Franz Kline painting ...
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And done! Here’s my new portrait of David Hemmings for tonight’s TCM presentation of Blow-Up! Thanks for checking it out, folks!
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Dr. Who fans might be interested to know that Anneke Wills was considered for the role if Jane in this film.
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Angry neighbor: SHUT THAT F***ING HORN OFF!
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David Hemmings character should pick a photographic lane; I mean, is he a Richard Avedon, a Dorothea Lange, a Roger Maplethorpe, or a Zapruder?
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First progress shot! Just about done with David’s face and the camera! 
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#FakeMovieFacts: Blow-Up (1966) began as a bet between Michelangelo Antonioni and a friend about how many ornate busts one could sneak into a film before the audience begins to notice ...
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If there's a film genre that ends in -sploitation, one can kinda assume David Hemmings has starred in at least one of them ...
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Michelangelo Antonioni just HAD to slip an arthouse short into this mainstream feature film ...
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