Apologies for parallel posting
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Hi all,
in Antonioni's BLOW-UP (1966) it is at first suggested that by blowing up or enlarging an image, more of reality can be shown. The enlargement purportedly reveals increasingly more and more layers of reality, which at first were hidden to the naked eye.
This motif seems to run through many films since the beginnings of cinema history, and is still present in more recent movies where, for instance, the blurry surveillance camera image of a car licence plate with the use of computer technology can be enlarged into a perfect image and rendering of the depicted number.
What I'm looking for is a range of examples across film history which present this motif of the 'myth of enlargement' or variations thereof. Any ideas? Feel free to mail on- or offlist ([log in to unmask]).
Thanks for all pointers and
season's greetings,
Henry
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