Autonomous Image

Blowup, says Armando Prats, is one of the necessary movies. It is a "e;living expression of the transition into the new narrative domains"e; in terms of man's "e;new vision of himself as a narrative creature in a world whose very essense is cinematic narration."e; Prats' work on the new humanism inherent in postwar filmmaking is a rewarding work with implications for the fields of esthetics and ax...