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Blow Up
On a black background, the words "BLOW UP" are written in all caps. The word "BLOW" is white, and the word "UP" is orange, lifted, and tilted slightly leftward.
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Genre
Created byLuc Lagier
Directed byLuc Lagier
Narrated byLuc Lagier and others
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
Production
ProducerJean-Stéphane Michaux
Original release
NetworkArte
ReleaseNovember 2010 (2010-11) –
present

Blow Up is a French online film magazine in the form of a web series created and directed by Luc Lagier and produced by Jean-Stéphane Michaux. Episodes consist of a supercut of excerpts from various films, usually including voice-over commentary. The series debuted on the network Arte in mid-November 2010 and is available on Arte's website and on YouTube.

Overview

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External videos
video icon "Le Bus au cinéma" (transl. "The Bus in cinema"), an example of a Blow Up episode in the "Top 5" format
video icon "Tree of Life", an example of a Blow Up episode in the "Carte blanche" and "Recut" formats, made by Johanna Vaude [fr], is composed of excerpts from The Tree of Life, a 2011 film directed by Terrence Malick.[1]

Each episode of Blow Up is a supercut of similarly themed excerpts from various films. For example, one of the episodes, which is about buses in film, features about 100 film excerpts involving buses, edited together into about 17 minutes of video.[2] In most episodes, someone, usually the series's director Luc Lagier, provides voice-over commentary in a deadpan manner.[3]

Episodes come in the following formats:

Production

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In late 2010, Blow Up was conceptualized by self-described cinephile Luc Lagier when Joël Ronez of the Franco-German television network Arte's web division suggested that he create a series similar to a blog or online magazine.[2] Arte, which had no video series about film at the time and wanted to create one, granted full creative freedom to Lagier[5] and his producer Jean-Stéphane Michaux. Lagier, who had been editor-in-chief of an Arte magazine about short films called Court-circuit (transl. Short circuit) from 2000 to 2006,[2] did not want Blow Up to be journalistic like his previous work had been.[2][5]

Blow Up is named after Blowup, a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni in which the main character thinks that he has discovered a murder in an enlargement of a film photograph. Lagier saw his own series as likewise involving the inspection of film to find that which is hidden.[6]

Lagier's inspiration for episodes' themes sometimes comes from current events. After choosing a theme, he tries to make a list of at least 100 films that contain scenes involving the theme, by remembering films he has seen before, watching his DVDs, and reading film magazines.[5] Lagier is uninterested in using the internet for this purpose, because he wants Blow Up to feature scenes that have not already been widely circulated online.[1] Not every scene on the list reaches the final product.[5]

Release

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In mid-November 2010, Blow Up debuted on Arte's website.[6] It is also available on YouTube.[1]

For six months in 2014, Arte gave the series four minutes and six seconds of airtime on terrestrial television. Some formats, such as "Bio express", could be fit, but others, such as "Top 5", were too long. Lagier commented that he prefers the freedom of the online medium for the series.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Arpaïa, Alicia (30 June 2018). "Rencontre avec Luc Lagier, créateur de l'émission Blow Up" [Meeting with Luc Lagier, creator of the show Blow Up]. Revus & corrigés (in French). Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Loison, Guillaume (14 June 2016). "'Blow Up' : les secrets de fabrication du webmag d'Arte" ['Blow Up': the secrets of the creation of the Arte webmag]. Le Nouvel Obs (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  3. ^ Mahdavi, Mehdi (27 July 2022). "« Blow Up », la série qui décortique le cinéma" ['Blow Up', the series that dissects cinema]. Opéra Magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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  5. ^ a b c d e f "Luc Lagier : 'Blow Up' peut continuer encore longtemps" [Luc Lagier: 'Blow Up' can continue for a long time]. Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (in French). 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b Douhaire, Samuel (8 January 2011). "'Blow up', un webmagazine ludique sur le cinéma" ['Blow up', a fun web magazine about cinema]. Télérama (in French). Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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