Blow Out (1981) Discussion & Analysis - De Palma's UNDERRATED Cult Classic
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2023
- Time to discuss one of Brian De Palma's best but least known films!
Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget slasher film, unintentionally captures audio evidence of an assassination involving a presidential hopeful. Nancy Allen stars as Sally Bedina, a young woman involved in the crime. The supporting cast includes John Lithgow and Dennis Franz. The film's tagline in advertisements was, "Murder has a sound all of its own".
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In my opinion, De Palma's masterpiece.
Blow Out is amazing! Such a good movie.
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Travolta is absolutely amazing in the film. The final scene is just heart wrenching
it really is, some of his best acting, up there with the greats!
One of my favorite movies. John Travolta's best performance in my opinion. Wonderful split-diaopter shots by De Palma
My fave Travolta would be pulp fiction, but this would be close second
De Palma always has droll humourous hints and direct references to movie making. I love the early eighties de Palma dressed to kill (which so incensed feminist throwing paint at the screen) blow out and scarface.
As you said jack the everyman in the movie which is a wry wink to the Kennedy assassination and the Chappaquiddick car accident, which derailed elder brother Kennedy's career
The wonderful Nancy Allen is again proving why she such a poster girl of the eighties.
John Lithgow is great as a "off the reservation" wet boy (John malcovich would play a similar role in the line of fire) and continued his long association with de Palma.
Blow out is such a wonderful conspiracy movie, which largely still works (like Manchurian candidate, winter kills, flashpoint, JFK , three days of the condor and all the presidents men and parralax view)
De Palma is also not shy about killing characters, a trait modern film and TV shows refuse to do now.
I think vilmos zsigmund lit it and the skill in which the whole cast , crew went out 100% to deliver.
De Palma apparently made it Blow out in reference to the 60s thriller blow up.
Brilliant review of a awesome director (bonfire of the inanities and wiseguys aside)
Blow Out is great. I blind bought the Criterion release and it was a fantastic watch. That ending is haunting.
What is your favourite depalma?
@@JimTheMovieGeek difficult to decide
I always watched it as a SOUND version of the BLOWUP (1966).
Amazing movie. One of my favorites!!! Devastating ending that stays with you for a while.
Yeah, that shot with the fireworks is one of the most underrated shots in film history. What's your favourite moment in the film?
After watching your essay I rewatched blow out for 1st time in ages, it such a multilayered joy from the spoof slasher and it's audio/visual hook of the scream. To a scene not long after the titles, which again are layered with visual/audio foreshadowing.
Travolta great (my wife says he just playing Danny from grease as an adult) .
Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz (honing his sleazy character routine) and John McHale a veteran British character actor to play mcryans friend and confidant.
Like the earlier The Conversation it is layered in Catholic guilt and regret, with Lithgow's character destroying both travolta and Allen's characters.
And de Palmas love of voyeuristic camera movements and making the audience aware before the characters fully present.
In 1981 no-one wanted to hear about conspiracy theories and like many were happy with 007 and Indiana Jones.
True classic with de Palma on top form and remarkable technical crew of zsigmund, Paul Hirsch editing and a pitch perfect cast
You're always suggesting these interesting movies that I've never heard of and it's one one of the main reasons why I love this channel. 👍
Thanks for the kind words 😊
Good review. Have to watch this. Depalma is a brilliant director.
What is your favourite depalma?
@@JimTheMovieGeek the untouchables. Masterpiece! Scarface a very close runner up.
@@matthewmedley8532 yeah I plan on reviewing untouchables soon 😊 deniro so good in that
@@JimTheMovieGeek look forward to that.
Sorry John McMartin not McHale. .as previous comments stated it truly haunting movie...
Something I find fascinating about this movie: Brian Depalma is super famous for imitating Hitchcock, but this is the only film of his that genuinely feels like something Hitchcock himself could have made.
I agree it's like a hitchcock movie dipped in the 80s it's such a cool movie
Should have mentioned body double a outright piss take of Hollywood and it's pretentious brigade and I'm pretty sure de palmas disdain if not contempt for whole system
I e never seen this de palma I’m gonna have to track it down
Discount Chinatown