

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
Direction
Antonioni turns a photo blow-up into pure existential dread.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like it belongs in a gallery.
Acting
Hemmings radiates bored arrogance that curdles into panic.

Director
Michelangelo Antonioni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film basically invented the 'blow-up the photo to find the clue' trope that every thriller has ripped off since. You're welcome, CSI.
The Yardbirds cameo where Jeff Beck smashes his guitar was shot in one take; the crowd's confusion is real. Antonioni just kept rolling.