Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (Original Trailer)

Blow-up (1966) Director:Michelangelo Antonioni Writers:Michelangelo Antonioni (story) and Julio Cortázar(short story) Release Date:18 December 1966 (USA) Brief Description: A mod London photographer believes that he has photographed a murder.Julio Cortázar is an argentinian writer, of an incredible style, who made "Las babas del diablo", from where the story was taken.In this Film also The Yardbirds perform Stroll on, a stylish raging Mod song, a permited version of "Train Kept A-Rollin". Originally, The Who were approached, but they declined, and then The In-Crowd had been planned but they were unable to attend the filming. The Yardbirds filled in at short notice, and the guitar that Beck smashes at the end of their set is a replica of Steve Howe's instrument. Antonioni instructed Beck to smash his guitar in emulation of The Who's Pete TownshendIn 1967 antonioni won the Golden Palm in Cannes for this film, and also the Critic's Award in 1968 for Best Foreign Film.The Cast:Vanessa Redgrave - Jane David Hemmings - Thomas Sarah Miles - Patricia John Castle - Bill Jane Birkin - The Blonde Gillian Hills - The Brunette Peter Bowles - Ron Veruschka von Lehndorff - Herself (as Verushka) Julian Chagrin - Mime Claude Chagrin - Mime