X-Mark_Davis
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Feb 26, 2004, 10:42 PM
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Fadeout shot in BLOWUP
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I recently purchased the DVD of Antonioni's BLOWUP. I had forgotten that the ending bothered me, not because of the meaning behind it, but the technique used for the final shot.
If you haven't seen it, the actor is standing alone in the middle of a grass field (and in the middle of the frame.) Then after a few seconds he fades away, leaving only the grass. When I saw the film on VHS I thought the grass changed color because of an old print, but it happens on the DVD too, and here's why: I noticed some markings on the grass and using those as reference, realized those markings went from the far right side of the shot to the far left of the shot, meaning that the fadeout started where the actor stood and ended to the right about 50 feet away! I know it's trivial and I'm not a filmmaker, but what purpose is it to move your camera during a shot like this?
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