"The key movie of the 1960s" (Time Out New York), Blow-Up caused a sensation with its nudity and portrayal of Swinging London. A modish photographer discovers what may or may not be a murder in one of his photographs and tries to solve the mystery himself. Though Blow-Up is a raucous time capsule of 1960s British culture, its examination of subjectivity and the power of perception seems even more relevant and complex now than when it was first released.
"Blow-Up is the movie of the year. It is to Antonioni what Lola Montès was to Ophuls, Ugetsu to Mizoguchi, Contempt to Godard, French Cancan to Renoir, Limelight to Chaplin, Rear Window to Hitchcock, 8 1/2 to Fellini-a statement of the artist, not on life but on art itself as the consuming passion of an artist's life."-Andrew Sarris