BackgroundBlow-Up(1966) is writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni""s view of the world of mod fashion, and an engaging, provocative murder mystery that examined the existential nature of reality interpreted and perceived through photography (and also via painting and pantomime).Watching from the audience, Lermontov was impressed by Vicky""s skillful performance as the soloist and her love of dance, although the backup dancers were clearly inferior and the music was piped into the theatre via a scratchy record on an old turntable.Brad tried to assure Janet: "It""s probably some hunting lodge for rich weirdos." Riff Raff explained they had arrived on a "rather special night - it""s one of the Master""s affairs.The opening scene pans and dissolves across views of 1909 (pre-Prohibition) Chicago.After images of a congested downtown area, there are views of the stockyard, the blast of a factory whistle, a brewery, crowded and dirty streets, saloons, and a Salvation Army marching band.