Cortazar's short story Blow Up and Antonioni's film both use similar magic realist devices. Cyclical time together with imaginary reality is present in both works. In the text, the narrator speaks his inner thoughts in first person, and switches back and forth to third person whenever he refers to himself as "Roberto Michel". The movie starts and ends off with a truck full of mime lookalikes that have nothing to do with the storyline, other than create a fusion between reality and imaginary worlds. We see Michel drive around in his convertible Rolls Royce, buying exotic antiques that taking pictures of models in his studio, and can spend a night dressed as an outcast, shooting distinct photographs of poor homeless people. He uses his camera which is an important device which he puts his creative mind and eye to see the unreal and real world. In the end, Michel uses his imagination to make the imaginary game of tennis seem real. The author Cortazar used many elements in his book such as the cyclical of time, and parallel worlds, and entering the minds of others through Michel's thoughts in how he perceives them. Cortazar pushes all boundaries to the point where it can be all tangled up and seem like a dream. Both works share magical elements that sends the reader/viewer beyond what they think is real.
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