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.
David Hemmings
Thomas
Vanessa Redgrave
Jane
Sarah Miles
Patricia
John Castle
Bill
Veruschka von Lehndorff
Veruschka
Jane Birkin
The Blonde
Gillian Hills
The Brunette
Peter Bowles
Ron
Julian Chagrin
Mime
Claude Chagrin
Mime
Jimmy Page
Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Jeff Beck
Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Tsai Chin
Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)
Susan Brodrick
Antique Shop Owner (uncredited)
Peggy Moffitt
Model (uncredited)
Melanie Hampshire
Model (uncredited)
Roy Beck
Boy dancing In Ricki Tick Club (uncredited)
Charlie Bird
Homeless Man (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Homeless Man (uncredited)
Julio Cortázar
Homeless Man (uncredited)
Chris Dreja
Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Lew Hooper
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Harry Hutchinson
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Chas Lawther
Waiter (uncredited)
Dyson Lovell
Man Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
Jack Mandeville
Man with Poodle (uncredited)
Jim McCarty
Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Keith Relf
Self - The Yardbirds (uncredited)
Ann Norman
Model (uncredited)
Ronan O'Casey
Jane's Lover in Park (uncredited)
Janet Street-Porter
Girl Dancing In Ricky Tick Club (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Homeless Man (uncredited)
Tina Simmons
Dancing Girl in Ricky Tick Club (uncredited)
Jill Kennington
Director, Screenplay, Story
Michelangelo Antonioni
Author
Julio Cortázar
Dialogue
Edward Bond
Screenplay
Tonino Guerra
January 9, 2025
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Judging by his Rolls Royce coupé that he tours London in, the young "Thomas" (David Hemmings) is a successful man. He makes his living as a photographer amongst the great and the good of the vacuous world of fame and celebrity. Drink, drugs and sex are wherever he wants them, whenever he wants them - and though fun, that's not really enough. He is in a park one evening when he espies a couple and takes some snaps. "Jane" (Vanessa redgrave) is not impressed and wants the negatives. He sees the chance to have some fun and so teases her, discovering not just that she is truly desperate to obtain them but also, on inspection of the images, that he has accidentally photographed a murder! Who did what to whom, why, and what he can get from a scenario that now has him tingling? Just what did happen and what does "Jane" have to do with anything? It's got a very vibrant, Bohemian, 1960s feel to it from start to finish and Hemmings is in his element as the rather unlikable, manipulative, playboy. Redgrave also comes across well as her character's vulnerability - though to what we don't yet know - is also well captured as the mystery deepens. The X rating is all about tits and bums. There's nothing gruesome or graphic here to terrorise the viewer, instead we get a thriller set amidst a world of hedonism and profligacy and whilst Redgrave comes across as a more reluctant visitor to this territory, Hemmings looks a natural. Yes, it's dated a little but the story itself still stands up to a watch.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$1,800,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00