Hmm, I thought Blowup was about perception and reality. I was there in the 1960’s, and as I recall there was a lot of philosopical conversations (ok, folks were not often straight or sober) about reality. At the time I first saw it, technology like we have today was virtually (pun intended) non-existent, so the idea of changing ‘reality’ 9body present then not present) by blowing up the photo was metaphoric. As I recall, you ‘hear’ the (non-existent) tennis ball at the end; another great metaphor that folks in my circle still reference! Your reality can change by how you see it, or how bad you want it… you see what you want to see. Thanks for your insight!
Blow Up...What the hell? almost 3 years ago
Hmm, I thought Blowup was about perception and reality. I was there in the 1960’s, and as I recall there was a lot of philosopical conversations (ok, folks were not often straight or sober) about reality. At the time I first saw it, technology like we have today was virtually (pun intended) non-existent, so the idea of changing ‘reality’ 9body present then not present) by blowing up the photo was metaphoric. As I recall, you ‘hear’ the (non-existent) tennis ball at the end; another great metaphor that folks in my circle still reference! Your reality can change by how you see it, or how bad you want it… you see what you want to see. Thanks for your insight!
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