Query: Enlarging images

From: Henry M. Taylor <[email protected]>

Hi all,

in Antonioni's BLOW-UP (1966) it is at first suggested that by blowing up
or enlarging an image, more of reality can be shown. The enlargement
purportedly reveals increasingly more and more layers of reality, which at
first were hidden to the naked eye.

This motif seems to run through many films since the beginnings of cinema
history, and is still present in more recent movies where, for instance,
the blurry surveillance camera image of a car licence plate with the use of
computer technology can be enlarged into a perfect image and rendering of
the depicted number.

What I'm looking for is a range of examples across film history which
present this motif of the 'myth of enlargement' or variations thereof. Any
ideas? Feel free to mail on- or offlist ([email protected]).

Thanks for all pointers and
season's greetings,

Henry


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