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level: Blow Up (1966)

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
BU: Director	Michelangelo Antonioni
BU: What development does the film deal with?	Modernism to Post Modernism
BU: What theme is shown visually within the first couple scenes?	Fragmentation
BU: The protagonist (Thomas) interpreting /analysing the photographs can be metaphorical to what?	The interpretation of art in the modernist world
BU: What is Thomas trying to come to terms with throughout the film?	The use of art in society
BU: What film genre could Thomas' project (book of photographs) be compared to?	Neorealism
BU: What narrative is given through Thomas' discontent with commercial work?	The need to work in order to survive and have own projects
BU: The scene of Thomas analysing and picking apart the photographs highlights what?	Creative and artistic process
BU: When Thomas discovers the limb protruding in the background of the photograph, what scene does this refer back to?	His artist friend talking about discovering new features of his art after completion
BU: What does Thomas accept as he picks up the tennis ball during the final scene with the mimes?	His imagination