'Blow-up' deals with a young photographer tired of his superficial, boring life, in search of a new reality, waiting for the BIG EVENT , just like all of us do. As a matter of fact, Thomas tries to picture a new reality, a satisfying reality. I think that Antonioni wanted to point out the lack of communication between people, the slave of consumerism in all of us. There is communication, but only on the surface, used for plain things like selling goods, buying pleasure. Thomas 'gathers' reality, gets reality from pieces, just like a puzzle. He tries to integrate in the social picture,a picture of sex, fashion, pretty girls, rock n roll, but in the same time, he is completely aware of his situation, of his conventional relationships. A great movie if you are able to understand every given detail.
Review of Blow-Up
