Manjimup Film Club to relaunch with screening of 1960s mystery film Blow Up

The Manjimup Film Club is going to celebrate a relaunch with a screening of the 1966 mystery film Blow Up. The film screening is to take place at the Manjimup Family Centre on Bath Street with the event starting at 6pm on Monday, May 15, with supper, prepared by Deb Muddle of Muddles Treats, served before the screening of Blow Up. The menu will consist of lamb shank and pearl barley soup, sweet potato and pumpkin soup, ham and salad along with vegetarian wraps and sweets as well. The film Blow Up is a 1966 art film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, which follows a photographer in the mod subculture of 1960s London who captures a murder on camera. Andre Foulon, founder of the film club, said Blow Up was a perfect choice for starting the film club once again, being an art film, after being put on hold after the COVID-19 pandemic restricted gatherings. “We chose Blow Up as the movie to start the movie club up again because we want to do a selection of art and cult films that pique an interest in the community and we think it is a good one to start off with,” he said. “It’s an interesting film with a suspenseful mystery that shows a bit of what the mod 1960s London was like.” He said if the film screening was successful and people were interested, people could pay a fee to join the monthly club. “We’re going to doing a film a month and if it picks up and people are interested, we’ll be doing memberships where people can pay to be a part of the film club,” Mr Foulon said.