{"product_id":"blow-up-original-dvd-release-japanese-movie-poster-2004-b2-size-51-x-73cm-h283-copy","title":"“Blow-Up”, Original Japanese DVD Promotional Poster 2004, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) L281","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a67d5e3-2894-83e8-8b5b-2ca9f5cbc0e0-0\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a67d5e3-2894-83e8-8b5b-2ca9f5cbc0e0-0\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a67d5e3-2894-83e8-8b5b-2ca9f5cbc0e0-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-19\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b455cb3a-e4b6-47fe-809a-b20bf309daf4\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"444\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"184\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 promotional poster printed in 2004 for the Japanese DVD release\u003c\/strong\u003e of Michelangelo Antonioni’s \u003cem data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"222\"\u003eBlow-Up\u003c\/em\u003e (欲望 \/ \u003cem data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"237\"\u003eYokubō\u003c\/em\u003e). Starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin, and Veruschka, the film remains one of the defining works of 1960s European cinema and an essential visual document of Swinging London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"691\"\u003eThis official home-video campaign poster reinterprets the film’s celebrated imagery through a \u003cstrong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"586\"\u003estrikingly minimal, modern Japanese design\u003c\/strong\u003e, combining a saturated teal field with one of the most recognisable images from Antonioni’s masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"712\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"712\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"930\"\u003eOriginally released in 1966, \u003cem data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"752\"\u003eBlow-Up\u003c\/em\u003e follows Thomas, a successful but emotionally detached London fashion photographer who believes that he may have inadvertently photographed evidence of a murder in a public park.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"1256\"\u003eAs Thomas repeatedly enlarges—or “blows up”—sections of the photograph, apparent clues begin to emerge from the grain. Yet the closer he looks, the less certain the truth becomes. The film develops into a provocative meditation on \u003cstrong data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1255\"\u003ephotography, voyeurism, perception, alienation, and the instability of objective reality\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1609\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003eMichelangelo Antonioni\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by Carlo Ponti, the film was photographed by Carlo Di Palma and features an influential jazz score by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1430\"\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e. Its depiction of fashion studios, music clubs, models, and bohemian London made it one of cinema’s most enduring portraits of the city during the cultural upheaval of the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1611\" data-end=\"1963\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1611\" data-end=\"1620\"\u003eBlow-Up\u003c\/em\u003e received the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1634\" data-end=\"1681\"\u003ePalme d’Or at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e and became Antonioni’s greatest international commercial success. Its release without approval from the restrictive American Production Code also helped demonstrate the declining authority of the old censorship system shortly before its replacement by the modern ratings structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"1982\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"1982\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2147\"\u003eThis Japanese B2 adopts a \u003cstrong data-start=\"2010\" data-end=\"2047\"\u003eclean, highly graphic composition\u003c\/strong\u003e that departs from the crowded typography often associated with conventional home-video advertising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2149\" data-end=\"2484\"\u003eThe central image shows Thomas, played by David Hemmings, straddling the model Veruschka while photographing her during the film’s famous studio sequence. Their bodies are isolated against an uninterrupted teal ground, transforming the provocative photographic session into an almost abstract arrangement of movement, colour, and form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2703\"\u003eThe image encapsulates several of the film’s central concerns: \u003cstrong data-start=\"2549\" data-end=\"2702\"\u003ethe photographer’s dominance over his subject, the theatricality of fashion imagery, and the ambiguous boundary between observation and participation\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2705\" data-end=\"2795\"\u003eAlong the left edge, the director’s name appears vertically in pale pink serif typography:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2797\" data-end=\"2825\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2797\" data-end=\"2825\"\u003e“MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2827\" data-end=\"2913\"\u003eAt upper right, the Japanese title is rendered in large, expressive white calligraphy:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2915\" data-end=\"2923\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2915\" data-end=\"2923\"\u003e「欲望」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2925\" data-end=\"3031\"\u003eThe word \u003cem data-start=\"2934\" data-end=\"2942\"\u003eYokubō\u003c\/em\u003e translates as \u003cstrong data-start=\"2957\" data-end=\"2970\"\u003e“Desire,”\u003c\/strong\u003e the title under which the film has long been known in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3033\" data-end=\"3297\"\u003eBeneath it, the English title \u003cstrong data-start=\"3063\" data-end=\"3076\"\u003e“BLOW-UP”\u003c\/strong\u003e appears in heavy black sans-serif lettering. The contrast between the gestural Japanese calligraphy and the severe modern English typography reflects the film’s tension between sensual experience and analytical scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3299\" data-end=\"3533\"\u003eThe compact billing block at the bottom retains the principal production credits, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"3391\" data-end=\"3509\"\u003eCarlo Ponti, Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Carlo Di Palma, Tonino Guerra,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"3514\" data-end=\"3532\"\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3535\" data-end=\"3560\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3535\" data-end=\"3560\"\u003eCultural significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3562\" data-end=\"3912\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"3562\" data-end=\"3571\"\u003eBlow-Up\u003c\/em\u003e became a foundational influence upon later films concerned with recorded evidence and uncertain interpretation. Its premise—an apparently detached observer discovering possible proof of a crime through an image or recording—can be traced through works including \u003cstrong data-start=\"3834\" data-end=\"3912\"\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola’s \u003cem data-start=\"3859\" data-end=\"3877\"\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e and Brian De Palma’s \u003cem data-start=\"3899\" data-end=\"3909\"\u003eBlow Out\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3914\" data-end=\"4174\"\u003eThe film also remains one of the most important cinematic representations of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3991\" data-end=\"4038\"\u003e1960s fashion photography and youth culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, capturing a moment when photographers, models, designers, and musicians became central figures within London’s new cultural hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4176\" data-end=\"4189\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4176\" data-end=\"4189\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4191\" data-end=\"4270\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4191\" data-end=\"4205\"\u003eExcellent.\u003c\/strong\u003e Please review the photograph—it shows the exact poster for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4272\" data-end=\"4418\"\u003eThis poster is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"4290\" data-end=\"4358\"\u003eofficial original Japanese B2 produced for the 2004 DVD campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"4359\" data-end=\"4362\"\u003eIt is \u003cstrong data-start=\"4368\" data-end=\"4417\"\u003enot a reproduction or an unauthorised reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4420\" data-end=\"4457\"\u003eIt is approximately \u003cstrong data-start=\"4440\" data-end=\"4456\"\u003e22 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4459\" data-end=\"4500\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4459\" data-end=\"4500\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003eCertificate of Authenticity included.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Japan Poster Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57121749860730,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/8859\/4591\/files\/wall-shelf-with-ornaments-2026-07-28T154038.257.jpg?v=1785221144","url":"https:\/\/japanposter.co.uk\/products\/blow-up-original-dvd-release-japanese-movie-poster-2004-b2-size-51-x-73cm-h283-copy","provider":"Japan Poster Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}