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by KGB
Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:22 pm
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: 'Blow-Up' inspiration
Replies: 2
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'Blow-Up' inspiration

So today, in class and almost by mistake, I discover that Antonioni's 'Blow-Up' is inspired by a story by Argentinian writer Julio Cortazar. And as just for that class I had to read a story by Cortazar ('Continuidad de los Parques') and I happened to have the complete Cortazar short stories compilation, I read the inspiration for 'Blow-Up' on my way back home.
And it happened to be a fantastic story. When I saw 'Blow-Up' I was in the exact opposite mood to watch a film at all for reasons God only knows, so I never quite finished it and I can't say I enjoyed it either. But reading this story, which is right now in my hands, gave me a good reason to go out and rent the damn thing.
Well, the story is called 'Las Babas del Diablo', or in english, 'The Droolings of the Devil'. I looked it up in the internet but sadly enough I couldn't find it. Still, if you liked 'Blow-Up' at all or care for a good read, don't hesitate on looking out for this short story. And if the idea of buying the whole thing even comes to your mind please do - while I'm not much of a reader, Cortazar's stories are simply genius. You might find the story in the book 'Blow-Up and Other Stories', originally 'End of the Game and Other Stories', which includes two books by Cortazar compiled together.

Well, anyway... Sadly enough I couldn't find the story on the internet. If you read spanish, which you probably don't, you can read it here: http://www.literatura.us/cortazar/babas.html .