MODERN FILM SCRIPTS BLOW-UP a film by Michelangelo Antonioni Simon and Schuster, New YorkAll rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form This edition copyright © 1971 by Lorrimer Publishing Limited Original screenplay entitled Blow-Up copyright © 1966 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Original film entitled Blow-Up copyright © 1966 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Antonioni Talks About His Work: Life copyright © 1967 Time Inc. Published by Simon and Schuster Rockefeller Center, 630 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10020 First printing General Editor: Sandra Wake SBN 671-20794-6 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-148352 This edition is for sale only in the United States of America, its territories, possessions, protectorates, places mandated to it, the Philippines and the Dominion of Canada Manufactured in Great Britain by Villiers Publications Ltd, London NW5CONTENTS A Note on this Edition An Interview with Michelangelo Antonioni : Pierre Billard Reality and Cinéma Vérité : Michelangelo Antonioni Antonioni — English Style Antonioni Talks About His Work : Nadine Liber Credits Cast Blow-Up Notes i 14 18 21 22 117