BLOW UP (1966) - FILM LOCATION DOCUMENTARY 

Brilliant! Brought back many happy memories. At the time, I was assistant to real life fashion photographer John Cowan, whose studio was the one in the film. I met cast and crew and Vanessa Redgrave sometimes came into the darkroom when I was printing for a chat. The darkroom in the film was a mock-up built by the crew. The real one was under John's flat which was the upstairs part that overlooks the studio in the film, where Veruska was photographed in the early scenes. Best time of my life!

This (amateur) documentary genuinely represents the very best of RU-vid. It was utterly compelling to watch if you are a fan of Antonioni and Blowup. What a treat - that somebody bothered to do all that hard work for us so that we could delight in comparing 'then and now' type scenes and sequences. Really wonderful work - and THANKS!

Really very well done. I can't help thinking that London looked better then.

This is always going to be the coolest film ever made!

Great film, I am also a bog fan of Blowup. I spent 2012 in London doing my postgraduate studies and one of my dreams was to revisit the park. I did so around September in a rather foggy and cold day but I throughly enjoyed my bike ride there...all the way from Blooomsbury. I took a lot of pictures and retraced Hemmings´ steps. So sad to see that the antique shop was demolished!

Funnily enough Blow-Up still holds up as a film and particularly David Hemmings' extraordinary performance. Whilst much of the 60's product has curdled with age, this little gem remains remarkably fresh.

this is terrific. anybody who loves the movie can't help but love this. I certainly do

Great job. Thanks for doing this. I was haunted by that park for years, although the movie kind of went over my head. The sound of the wind in the trees during a cool cloudy English summer. No sound track. Got to me. As others have pointed out. London looked better then. So did the world.

Brilliant, a profound meditation on the mystery of time, the ghosts who once inhabited the space where we now exist, and in our turn, we will become the ghosts of the future...

Same thing happens here in Los Angeles back in the 60's there was more open space buildings had more charm and character now they try to make everything look so upscale and devoid of any charm. Even the park back then looked more warm with the fences etc that are gone now. Great work on this.

Brilliant film! Blow Up is my favourite film of all time and one of the reasons I am a photographer. I eventually got the Nikon, but I'm still waiting for the Rolls Royce! I did a similar thing in the 1980s although I didn't make a video. it was before the internet and everything and I'd hired Blow Up from the video shop so I was able to pause the film and track down roads etc and Maryon Park by using maps. Then I drove down to London for the day and visited the park and other places. Great fun!

Nice work.........Antonioni. would be proud of your strangely haunting revisit to those locations of New Wave past....I first saw this film at age 15 in 1967 at an "Art" theater specializing in mostly foreign films deemed too explicit for mainstream America.....The themes of Perception and Truth, set against the explosive cultural changes of that period, still intrigue me even as an old man...... Love this flick....Thanks for your effort!

2 words: marvellous, fantastic. I loved it. Have visited most of its locations myself since Blow Up, together with Ingmar Bergman's films happens to be my very favourite ever. Marvellous cinematography. I truly thank you for this.

Brilliant. Thanks so much for this. Such a haunting, unforgettable movie. A shame that beautiful old Antiques store was torn down and replaced by some soulless concrete box. Typical..

Saw the movie several times with friends when it first came out...great scenes of London in 1966, and several were real 60s Classic.

Great piece of work Daniel. I did a Blowup 'tour' at Maryon Park with my girlfriend in 2011 when we were in London for the last Pentangle concert. Dave.

Brilliantly put together! This must have taken a long time to do. Great video in memory of a great film.

Best location revisit video I ever saw!

:) went there today. the sound of the trees, like that in the film, almost reduced me to tears, it was beautiful, too bad it takes forever to get there

Amazing. It must have taken an age of dedication, research, planning and filming.

Woaw what a fantastic work you've done ! Always wanted to do the same but you did it now... and better than I'd have done it. It's a pity the antiques shop has gone and the green fences in the park but strangely a lot of the locations are still as they were ! I'm planning to go to Maryon Park soon for my own pilgrimage ;-) Congrats for your great work.

The movie "Blow Up" had a profound impact on my own development in dialogue, drama and film making. It really was, and still is, a very important movie. Getting back to the same places and see them here is a tremendous "deja vu" type pleassure. Thank you for taking your time and professionalism to make this video.

Really well done, thanks. Having just re-watched Blow Up for the first time in a long time this was a great piece of reference...

Fantastic. Would be great to see other iconic London films given the same treatment.

Thanks for doing this. Blow Up is why I ended up doing what I do for a living. I first saw it in the 1970s. It's my favourite Antonioni and the best thing David Hemmings did. He was absolutely spot on in this. Blow Up is in my list of the top 5 movies I've ever seen. The park was much nicer back then, wasn't it? Anyhow, very well done and thanks for putting it together.

This is just unbelievable. Being a fan of the movie I can't understand why it take me eight years to find this gem. Thanks and congrats, terrific job.

Probably the best ¨real¨ ghosts video ever made. The nice ones, those that pop up at the souls of cinematography lovers.Thanks a lot for an incredible effort!

A phenomenal piece of work. Kudos.

Thank you!!! This is brilliant. Blow up is one of my favourite films.

Always loved this movie. Never saw it while in the theatres, but saw it much later on TV. Have seen it many times. I own the dvd and whenever I feel like going back in my time machine, well, I just pop it in the dvd player. To me this film IS the epitome of the 60s in swinging London. Easy Rider is the quintessential American 60s film. Loved David. He was perfect for his part. He kinda looks like Paul McCartney to me. In the scene with the Yardbirds, where Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are in the group, I love the pants the chick is wearing while she dances. It's super mod. Her shoes (white with black shoelaces) are the same that Jagger and Brian Jones are wearing on the High Tide and Green Grass album. Also Keith wears them on the back of Got Live if You Want It. Like I said, great movie ! It all looks pretty much the same today. Not much has changed. I only wish that green fence were still in the park. It looked great. Now it looks bare without it. Thanks for this great documentary.

Super job! I just watched Blow Up on TCM as I had not seen it for years. I wondered what had happened to many of the locations over the years and so ended up here.

Absolutely brilliant. I know how hard it is to reproduce these shots . Recently got my son to stand next to a wall that I stood next to in the mid sixties in south London, so much hassle but worth the effort.

Super, thanks for all your efforts!

I used to live on that estate that was being built at the time. Morris Walk from 1985 to 1991. Maryon Park was my playground. The estate is up for demolition in the near future but we managed to save the park thankfully

This is just the best! I have been wanting to visit Maryon Park and the other sites for years. But missed out on previous visits to London. I saw Blowup ( in Australia ) in 1967 at the impressionable age of 15. It was just so radical - I'm still amazed the censors allowed its release, given how reactionary Australia was at that time. Like other contributors here it had a indelible influence on me. My interest in photography and later film making started with Blowup. As a hobby, I've now gone back to shooting in 16mm colour film just to recapture the richness and "feel" of the late 1960's. David Hemmings was so talented - Charge of the Light Brigade is another great favourite. My only unrequited love from Blowup is my lack of a Rolls Royce cabriolet. It was almost hotter ( but not quite ) to a 15 year old than the exquisite female actors! A wonderful doco thanks again...

The best "then and now" ever!

thank you very very much!! :-)

The David Hemmings Photographic Studio was in fact Vogue Photographer John Cowans studio, in the film Blow Up a picture of a diver jumping feet first into the water is clearly seen - a Cowan classic - little dressing of the set was done, the film crew just moved in and used Cowans kit as props .

A haunting, unforgettable film, which I saw for the first time in 1966, and which I watch again every few years, It's one of the best.

Well done! I visited the park yesterday, much have change but the atmosphere in "Blow up" was still there. /erik

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Blow UP is perhaps (yes it is) my favourite movie. Thanks Daniel. Great memories brought to mind, I had cut (escaped) school for the afternoon (as in those days I did very often), to go to the movies. I was in Hi-School in Medellín, Colombia. Love it. Oh by the way, I still have my appendix, would give Jane B. the two minutes, but she never knocked on my door. Ah... memories.

I saw "Blow Up" on TV a few years back by accident. I was amazed and loved it right away. Nice job on the locations.

This was fantastic! Checked out these locations myself a few times as I live in London.. love how you've matched everything up to the shots from the film!

This is amazing work! Love how you filmed it. Blow Up is one of my favourite films. Have visited a few of the locations but would love to visit them all, amazing to see how little some of them have changed.

Blow Up has always been one of my favorite films. But, I always wondered what the deal was with the crowd just standing and staring while The Yardbirds were playing.

This is great split screen work, showing what was and what is together.

Incredible job!Thanks for this docu.

Thank you! I loved watching this! Beautifully made.

EXCELENT!!!! THAKS FOR YOUR WORK!!!!

I was always fascinated by the 'content' of this film; the dead man in the park was Julio Cortazar (one of the most important Argentinian writers of all time) he wrote the short story on which Blow Up was based. The film had no script (so to speak) but a fluid enthralling successions of brilliant collateral moments...I always wanted to be the one who ran away with a piece of Jeff Beck's torn guitar...

Great job ,thank you very much for posting this !

Brilliant! BBC make really dumbed down boring docs about the 60s etc, but your independent effort was original and rivetting. Must have been a lot of work but very much appreciated. I always thought the shopping street was Oxford Street but you reveal it as Haddon Street.

I really enjoyed this, good work, thanks.

How beautiful London was back then, the park is pristine! The cars looked cool, the shops were nice, this city gets uglier year on year

Excellent research from a fantastic London. Really well made comparisons.

A culture benefaction! And such a clever way of deep diving in unforgettable cinema. Mille Grazie!

Thanks for this - I really enjoyed it and kept skipping back again and again to look at differences. The compositions and sense of presence of the original film are somehow what make it so appealing to revisit. I thought I was nerdy looking for locations for this film - but you are way ahead! Thanks again - loved it.

This is fantastic! Very very well done indeed. Beautiful. I paused it many times throughout and was utterly fascinated with this doc. Thank you so much! BIG thumbs-up!

Fascinating! Thank you, one of my fav films.

This location tour is awesome! Luv Blow-Up movie..& nice 2 see these locations now. Would've loved 2 be in the UK in the 60's. Thx 4 this one! 🙂🙂💕💕

I have loved this movie ever since I first viewed it. This film is a photographers film, film. Brilliant. The mood, music, everything. I have to admit that the old London looks more appealing to look at, at least the park did. It's too bad that some of the old buildings were torn down considering what they put up. I agree with an earlier comment about filming it during the summertime. Anyway, I love this what you have done and I love London. Greetings from the USA.

Just loved it thank you for all your hard work.

Absolutely wonderful! Thank you!

Thanks a lot lot for making this Film location doc! I have always loved this location.Again thanks

Its crazy how well done this was. Bravo. Sad and hard to believe Hemmings has been gone 18 years now. Loved him in Deep Red as well.

Fantastic! Being from SE London I became fascinated by this film as soon as I learned the park was Maryon Park just near Woolwich: I took an even greater interest towards it once I started recognising other London features and working out where they were. Another couple of locations that are also barely recognisable today (2013) if at all: 1) London Wall where the 'skyscrapers' that looked so new in the 1960's have all but gone; 2) the long-gone red-fronted Pride & Clarke bike shop in Stockwell

Wow, this was truly great, this is one of my favorite movies of all time and you captured the atmosphere spot on! Thank you!!!

Very good documentary.I loved to see the places where it was made the film and I loved the way you showed it all,very well done.

Daniel - one of the best things I've ever seen on RU-vid! I have written/am writing and have posted an alternative Blow Up Soundtrack which actually 'works,' so this is INSPIRING to see.

Great job! Thanks for done it & sharing it! A truly landmark film for photographers!

Great video, I'm watching the movie now as I write this and it looks as fresh as ever, a classic British movie. Shame David Hemmings didn't become a mega star after that - he deserved to be. The locations in South Kensington look the same but the other locations near the studio etc. were they demolished the buildings and built council housing look completely different, amazing how a city can change in the space of 40 odd years. It would be good to add titles to all of the locations as I lived in london 20 years, walked those same streets and I can't identify hardly any of the locations you've shown either past or present ! RIP David Hemmings.

Excellent, a labour of love, well done!

Absolutely brilliant, wish to be there too. Fantastic movie, which is stuck in my head ever since..

Love the split screen , then & now, great idea! ❤ Thank you so much! Must watch this film again! Such an unusual atmosphere! The park scene with the wind rustling through the trees & the mime artists pretending to play tennis.👍⭐

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I Loved this documentary.. I watched it 4 times already. YOUR WORK IS EXCELLENT! Wow - Thank you for this. Blow up is one of my favorite Films.

Really enjoyed this! Many thanks

Thank you, great video!

Fascinating, well done!

Can’t believe it took so long for this to pop up in my feed. I love it!! Thanks for doing it. I love the movie Blow Up….. especially the Yardbirds scene. Cheers

Fantástico! Quien vió Blow up en el 66 lo aprecia mucho!

Brilliant! Loved watching this.

Fantastic! Thanks for all your hard work and research putting this together. A true treat for die-hard fans of Antonioni's existential classic --- this film is a truly special one and still haunts and resonates to this day.

Great Idea, beautifully realized. Thanks!

Awesome work!! Blowup is one of my personal favorite films.

I visited Marion Park ten years ago. It was an amazing time!

Good work fella. Nice to see someone make an effort to match shots with correct perspective/angles etc. Far too many others can't be arsed and think "That'll do".

Congratulations - this was fascinating and very well made. I can watch 'Blow Up' over and over and never become tried of it. I have for a long time wanted to visit the park when I can go to England again (from Australia).

Excellent. It must have been a massive undertaking to create. Thanks.

Hats off to you sir! AMAZING documentary, thank you.

This is mind bogglingly wonderful. Bit sad to see the wooden picket fence in the park is gone, that fence was the star of the film in my book.

Watched movie yesterday. I did the Google map of the locations based on IMDB.com. I found the studio (77 Pottery Lane, Notting Hill and the antique store/park. The antique/park changed a lot but I recognized the four big trees from the street, Clevey Close, Greenwich,London. What an age we live in, amazing. Can't wait for the day when we can drive down any street in the world in 3-D from the computer. Thanks a lot, very most fun. Nice work. Do more.

Beautiful job !! Thankx a lot.

What an awesome video. It makes me sad and reminds me of my time when I lived in London.

That was fascinating!!!! Thanks for doing this.

TKTnetork - You've been told this a million times I'm sure - this is my second time - but - brilliant. Your video has given me so much pleasure.

Fantastic Work,top reconstruction on what cannot be an easy Changing London

It's amazing how many locations have remained the same or nearly the same. So many film locations, in particular the US, have completely changed over the years, but the locations of Blow Up are still in tact. Thanks for the great work.

This is an excellent, well done, presentation that I will repeatedly watch. I was in London in June of last year and would have visited some of these places if I had known about this video. Lately, I was planning to attempt to located some these sites. I would have attempted to recreate some scenes at this has done. When you watch this you have momentary flashes and hopes of seeing David Hemmings or others from the movie. Then, the sadness of reality. Thank you for your effort.

I've always been fascinated with "Blow Up" and actually went to Maryon Park and to Thomas's street in Holland Park myself a few years ago to check it out. Your film is great--thanks for doing it!

Brilliant! A real labour of love. Thanks!