Blow Out (1981)
A soundman accidentally records the evidence that proves a car "accident" was murder, and consequently finds himself in danger. (imdb)
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Brian De Palma
Written By: Brian De Palma
Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz, John Lithgow, Tony Devon, Peter Boyden, Curt May
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Certainly De Palma during his best years. The camera is consistently doing work to ramp tension and invoke paranoia. Slow zooms, frantic smash cuts, split diopter. The script starts strong (hell, the whole film starts off wonderfully), but begins to feel a little frazzled as it continues. Luckily the passion involved is so dedicated to making this work that it's hardly an issue.
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As good as the premise is, and as much as Travolta and Lithgow want this movie to work it's just ends up being meh. The supporting characters are shallow cliches and the acting does nothing to help. The whole movie is ridiculously over the top, which is a shame because it has some good visual touches. The parts with the sound equipment are great. Really it's the ending that incapsulates this review. It has some stylish cinematography while everything else is laughably over the top.
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Serviceable as a thriller and I love how this film doesn't just use sound tech as a plot point, but instead thoroughly integrates it into the film's identity. However, I was put off by the writing for Allen's character and I found that although the film has a great set-up and is well directed, it ultimately fails to develop into a particularly meaningful experience.
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De Palma's kinetic formalism and directorial flair can't overcome his insipid writing: what begins as an enthralling first 20 minutes, with some devilishly clever sound mixing and cinematography, soon descends into narrative lunacy, replete with ham-fisted romance and character motivations hinging on that of mental deficiency (Travolta driving through the Liberty Day parade... give me a fucking break). The ending rules but, like the rest of the film, cannot overcome the sum of its parts.
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Blow Out, 80'lerin en değeri bilinmeyen, taş gibi filmlerinden. Soluksuz izlememin sebebi sadece iyi bir senaryo değil; De Palma'nın sahne yönetimi, açıları, merkezindeki konuya uyan, içine çeken çekim teknikleri ile Hitchcock'ı andıran klas bir noir olması. Vilmos Zsigmond ise olağanüstü sinematografisiyle en iyi işlerinden birine imza atmış. Özellikle finali unutulmaz.
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De Palma pays a great homage to "The Conversation" and, above all, to the power and potential of the cinematic medium itself. To put it simply: without sound and image, there is no story.
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The final act kills this promising psychological thriller
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De Palma bu filminde dönemin yozlaşmış siyasetine ve emniyet teşkilatına oldukça sert göndermeler yapıyor.Senaryosundaki önemli politik göndermelere karşın film,çoğu De Palma yapımında olduğu gibi asıl tarzıyla ön plana çıkıyor.Yönetmenin alışık olduğumuz ekranı ikiye bölge tekniğinden,oyuncuları takip eden kamera ve gerilim anlarındaki ağır çekimler filme oldukça artistik bir hava katıyor.De Palma kamerayı nereye koyacağını çok iyi biliyor.
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Jack Terry: "It's a good scream."
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The beginning of the good De Palma.
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I'm sorry, John Travolta can not act...
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The script is great, De Palma might just be in top form here, and my man Vilmos crushes it with his cinematography. Nancy Allen seems to be playing her character as at least slightly mentally challenged. If that was the intention, then it makes the way every man in the entire film uses her all the more disturbing.
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Between this and Dexter I'm convinced that John Lithgow is actually a murderous psychopath.
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