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Blow-Up (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Criterion 4k remaster, encoded in 10 bit HEVC with AAC sound, including original theatrical mono, commentary track, and English subtitles.
IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/
Video encoded in two-pass 12.5 Mbps x265 10bit with the veryslow preset for archive quality image. Audio encoded separately with Apple AAC for the highest-quality AAC sound available. Subtitles converted to VobSub and repositioned.
Note : A bit more serious than a lot of the films I do, but this is absolutely essential as both a predecessor to the paranoid thrillers of the 70s, and as a snapshot of London's swinging 60s. It stars David Hemmings, who we've seen in, let's say, quite a few very different films, including Argento's Deep Red, which is interesting to compare and contrast with this. Like almost everything Italian from this period, it's also impeccably stylish and full of stunningly gorgeous women. The rest of the quite impressive cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, and Peter Bowles, and a concert at a club late in the film features The Yardbirds, including both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck on guitars. Maybe the definite film about London in this time period.
Successful photographer Thomas works both as a fine art and fashion photographer, making him about as hip as you can be in 60s London. A delay one morning makes him late for several photo sessions, and in one, he gets bored and leaves, with no regard for the models and staff. He visits an antique store, then wanders into a park, where he furtively takes photos of a couple. The woman, Jane, is angry when she discovers him, and demands the film, but he refuses. When he meets his agent for lunch, he notices a man following him and looking into his car. Later, Jane arrives at his studio desperately asking for the film, and they flirt, but Thomas gives her another roll of film on purpose. When Thomas examines blow-ups of the pictures from the park, he discovers a third person with a gun in the bushes, and thinks his photos may have saved someone's life. After a visit from a pair of teenage wannabe models, which ends in sex, he examines the photos again, and sees a blurry figure on the ground, making him return to the park, where he finds a dead body. He runs off when he thinks someone else is there, and returns to find his studio ransacked and most of his photos from the park gone. As his paranoia grows and his grip on what's real or not slips, he desperately looks for answers that are not forthcoming.
This is a pretty decent remaster, but it's not terribly sharp, and the color is slightly strange, as has been the case with a lot of Criterion releases lately. Grain is nicely managed, though. Mono track sounds fine, and the commentary track is good, though a bit academic.
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General : Matroska / 10.1 GiB / 1 h 51 min / 12.9 Mb/s
Video : HEVC / Main10@L4@High / 12.5 Mb/s / 1920 x 1036 pixels / 1.85:1 / 23.976 FPS / *Default
Writing library : x265 3.5+1-f0c1022b6:[Linux][GCC 13.2.0][64 bit] 10bit
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Audio #1 : AAC LC / 242 kb/s / 1 channel / Original theatrical mono / English / *Default
Audio #2 : AAC LC / 164 kb/s / 1 channel / Commentary by Peter Brunette, author of "The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni" / English
Text #1 : VobSub / 4.1 kb/s / English SDH
Chapters :
00:00:00.000 : The Joy Ride
00:05:34.084 : Top Model
00:11:13.673 : Malleable Little Birds
00:16:30.990 : Bill and Patricia
00:19:47.353 : The Blonde And The Brunette
00:22:49.660 : The Antique Shop
00:24:20.918 : The Perfect Picture
00:30:14.855 : A Confrontation
00:32:33.034 : The Propeller
00:37:10.478 : A Stranger Watching
00:43:24.936 : The Woman From The Park
00:51:30.462 : Failed Attempt
00:53:33.335 : An Inconvenient Delivery
00:58:35.971 : The Darkroom
01:00:42.222 : Blowups
01:07:08.816 : Connecting The Dots
01:09:55.525 : Ménage à Trois
01:15:50.588 : A Shadow In The Bushes
01:20:47.551 : The Scene Of The Crime
01:23:49.316 : Bill And Patricia In Bed
01:26:15.295 : Stolen Evidence
01:32:40.346 : The Ricky-Tick ("Stroll On")
01:38:02.293 : Searching For Ron
01:42:28.267 : Missing Body
01:46:31.051 : Tennis
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Encoded from Blowup.AKA.Blow-Up.1966.1080p.BluRay.REMUX.AVC.FLAC.1.0-CRITERION.mkv
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