Blow-Up (1966)

Needing a few more photos for a book he is working on, a fashion photographer (David Hemmings) goes to a park and happens upon a couple making a romantic rendezvous. He is spotted and the lady (Vanessa Redgrave) insists he hand over the negatives. He refuses. When the film is developed, Thomas(?) believes he sees evidence of a murder.

I don’t know what to make of this film. So much happens at the outset that has no bearing on the rest of the film. It's almost to the halfway mark before he gets to the park. And Hemmings makes for an incredibly unlikable protagonist. He is rude, arrogant, and, well, worse. He behaves quite illogically and at no point even considers calling the police. I could continue with plot issues (I’ve developed 35mm film and made prints) but I might actually be getting into spoiler territory.

IMDb labels Blow-Up as Giallo, which I can see. That explains the tone. Perhaps it's Giallo-adjacent. The surface reading of this film is fairly confounding and the ending is unsatisfying, but there is more here. I may need to give it another try, but for now AMRU 3.