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• "Blow Up" a paradigm of 60's problems - edta 20:15:10 04/27/04 (0)
  In Reply to: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 09:13:07:

  I've always liked it. Linked in my mind with the JFK, MLK, and RFK assassinations.

  We never really saw the evidence in those later realities IMO. We never will, either.
  
  

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• I was a bit dissappointed by it, as Cortazar´s short story was much more powerful - orejones 02:42:36 04/22/04 (0)
  In Reply to: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 09:13:07:

  I have seen it once more a couple of months ago, and it stands as a portrait of that culture which flowered in London at that time -Fashion, a youth lacking of any solid motivations...- but not much more than that.

  And the McGuffin it relies on doesn´t hold enough water for anybody who knows a bit about photography, either...

  Anyhow, and as it has been said here, most of us are looking at it through tinted glasses, as it brings powerful memories of crucial times in our lives...

  Regards

  BF
  
  

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• I was a freshman in college when "Blow Up" . . . - albee33 13:21:47 04/21/04 (2)
  In Reply to: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 09:13:07:

  hit our local "art" theatre and caused a shit storm. At the beginning, when Hemmings romps with Jane Birkin and the blonde and pulls off thier clothes amidst all that background paper you could have heard a pin drop in that 1968 audience. People were spellbound, shocked, mortified, titillated, you name it. As soon as the scene ended there was a great rush of motion and people breathing. Amazing. How much we've grown up now.

  That film propelled me and other guys to get our first cameras. I will buy the DVD.
  
  

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  • Re: I was a freshman in college when "Blow Up" . . . - rico 08:49:54 04/22/04 (0)
    In Reply to: I was a freshman in college when "Blow Up" . . . posted by albee33 on April 21, 2004 at 13:21:47:

    I discovered that there a great commentary track included in this new DVD production.
    
    

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  • "Amazing. How much we've grown up now." Are you certain "up" is the word?... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:00:13 04/22/04 (0)
    In Reply to: I was a freshman in college when "Blow Up" . . . posted by albee33 on April 21, 2004 at 13:21:47:

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• Re: "Blow Up" - patrickU 11:11:25 04/21/04 (2)
  In Reply to: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 09:13:07:

  It is more than a film. It is the 60´s.
  
  

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  • Re: "Blow Up" - rico 11:31:00 04/21/04 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: "Blow Up" posted by patrickU on April 21, 2004 at 11:11:25:

    I love that Hemmings has what is basically a car 'phone in his Bentley. Talk about cutting edge.
    
    

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    • Re: "Blow Up" - patrickU 11:35:00 04/21/04 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 11:31:00:

      My gang and I in Nice use to dress as he did... Clarks and this jeans. And jung Jane Birkin....
      Who where the days...Now david is a permanent resident too.
      
      

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• "Blow Out" - Bulkington 09:30:35 04/21/04 (11)
  In Reply to: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 09:13:07:

  Have you seen it? I haven't, and imagine it's bad. But I always thought the two would make a fun double feature.
  
  

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  • Re: "Blow Out" - rico 07:19:56 04/24/04 (0)
    In Reply to: "Blow Out" posted by Bulkington on April 21, 2004 at 09:30:35:

    I watched this last night. If you don't expect another "Blow Up" or "The Conversation" it is enjoyable.
    
    

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  • Re: "Blow Out" - rico 10:44:09 04/21/04 (9)
    In Reply to: "Blow Out" posted by Bulkington on April 21, 2004 at 09:30:35:

    Actually this Brian Depalma film is a tribute to both "Blow Up" and Coppola's "The Conversation". I have it on laserdisc and watch it now and again, most usually whrn I watch one of the others. It's far fetched but not bad.
    
    

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    • Re: "Blow Out" - patrickU 11:10:39 04/21/04 (4)
      In Reply to: Re: "Blow Out" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 10:44:09:

      It IS bad.
      
      

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      • Re: "Blow Out" - Gee LP 11:47:46 04/21/04 (3)
        In Reply to: Re: "Blow Out" posted by patrickU on April 21, 2004 at 11:10:39:

        I think it's the best thing DePalma's ever done. The way he ties in his obsessions with voyeurism and technology and thrillers and humor...Travolta gives a great performance, and as it is pointed out in the film, Nancy Allen has a "great scream."

        I personally think DePalma has shot great sequences, but I don't know if he has directed a great film since 1981 and "Blow Out."
        
        

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        • De Palma's best: an excellent film! The final sequence is - tinear 12:14:50 04/21/04 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: "Blow Out" posted by Gee LP on April 21, 2004 at 11:47:46:

          as exciting and chilling as any of the Master's (Hitch, of course).
          
          

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        • Re: "Blow Out" - patrickU 11:50:59 04/21/04 (1)
          In Reply to: Re: "Blow Out" posted by Gee LP on April 21, 2004 at 11:47:46:

          I am not a Palma specialist but this one did not my love, it was some how amateurish I found back then, but it is long ago...Carry was nicer.
          
          

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          • Re: "Blow Out" - Gee LP 18:35:52 04/21/04 (0)
            In Reply to: Re: "Blow Out" posted by patrickU on April 21, 2004 at 11:50:59:

            When "Carrie" came out, Pauline Kael reviewed it in the New Yorker. She said it would probably be DePalma's first big hit because it was his first film with "heart."

            Because my wife and I were in high school the year it came out(1976), seeing "Carrie" is a little like opening a yearbook for us. The clothes, the shoes, the hair! And I love the pop song DePalma uses in the background during Carrie's big slow dance "I Never Knew Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me." Really takes me back!

            I'd better watch out or I'll get nostalgic for the Seventies!
            
            

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    • The Conversation - Bulkington 11:07:05 04/21/04 (3)
      In Reply to: Re: "Blow Out" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 10:44:09:

      Great film. I guess I'm a little more intrigued now by Blow Out.
      
      

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      • Re: The Conversation - mkuller 13:53:50 04/21/04 (2)
        In Reply to: The Conversation posted by Bulkington on April 21, 2004 at 11:07:05:

        The "Conversation" is a great film - I saw it for the first time this past weekend. I remember "Blow Up" being a great film in it's day - I wonder how it would hold up today. "Blow Out" on the other hand has no such pretensions - it's entertaining, but not great.
        Regards,
        Mike
        
        

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        • The Conversation is my... - Harmonia 11:58:46 04/22/04 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: The Conversation posted by mkuller on April 21, 2004 at 13:53:50:

          ...favorite Coppola film and contains Gene Hackman's finest performance.

          I was knocked out when I saw it in college and I haven't changed my mind since. Yes, a great film.
          
          

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        • Re: "The Conversation" - rico 15:45:04 04/21/04 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: The Conversation posted by mkuller on April 21, 2004 at 13:53:50:

          Coppola admits in the "extras" on the current DVD that the final "He'd kill US if he could" is indeed a different recording than the one we hear all throiugh the film. Somehow, knowing this does not (for me) diminish the overall power of this realization.
          
          

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• "slow moving" You... can... say... that... again....................nt - clarkjohnsen 09:15:12 04/21/04 (0)
  In Reply to: "Blow Up" posted by rico on April 21, 2004 at 09:13:07:

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