Trust me. I am not God, but I am Antonioni
Peter Bowles apparently gave a speech in Blow Up that explained what the whole thing was about, but Antonioni Cut it:
He listened, and listened, until finally I ran out of words. There was silence. So I said, “Erm, sir, are you going to put the speech back in now?” He replied, “No. Because, Peter, you have explained to me exactly why I should cut it. If I leave the speech in, everyone will know what the film is about, but if I take the speech out, everyone will say it is about this, it is about that, it is about the other. It will be controversial.” So it was cut. But there is a speech, which I have, which explains exactly what the film is about. It is all there in the film, if you know where to look, but I can’t disclose specifically what it is. Antonioni is still alive, so if anybody’s going to say anything it’s up to him.
[via GreenCine Daily]
