Blow Out
Directed by:
Brian De PalmaScreenplay:
Brian De PalmaCinematography:
Vilmos ZsigmondComposer:
Pino DonaggioCast:
John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, John McMartin, Roger Wilson, Robin Sherwood, J. Patrick McNamara, Roberto Lombardi, Maurice Copeland (more)Plots(1)
Jack Terri (John Travolta) is a talented sound-effects technician who records atmospheric audio for the movies. Driven to capture the perfect most authentic sounds he ventures out into the dark of the night, where his talent and attention to detail may become his undoing. Accidentally recording the blow-out from a fatal automobile accident responsible for the death of a high-profile presidential candidate, Jack is instantly drawn into a web of conspiracy and intrigue that will place him in a position of considerable jeopardy. He enlists the help of Sally (Nancy Allen), a possible eyewitness to the crime, desperate to uncover the truth and prove his alarming theory of political assassination. With a stunning new transfer supervised by De Palma, also featuring John Lithgow and Dennis Franz, Blow Out is a riveting ride into the mechanics of movie making, exploring the fear of paranoia and playing on perception with more than a knowing nod to Alfred Hitchcock. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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An (audio) pulp version of Blow Up that starts as a typical seventies conspiracy film and ends as a typical eighties chilling thriller with an uncompromising conclusion. But it is the symbiosis of the trio De Palma/Zsigmond/Donaggio that puts the crown on it.
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Blow Out is an incredible acting recital by John Travolta who perfectly mastered the role of a sound engineer, Jack Terry. Sound plays a huge role in this movie and De Palma is well aware of it and lets us hear things which can’t usually be heard in an ordinary movie. And what is more, he does some incredible things with the camera (the lead-in scene of the film or the 720° circular dolly shot). The movie also has a very strong conspiracy atmosphere and the ending is completely superb. And they even managed to get the scream that they were searching for so long.
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