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Algren
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 Blow Out  Quote: Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir political 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, serendipitously 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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Algren
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Re: Blow Out Wow. How come I never saw this before? Awesome film. Brian de Palma made an excellent political mystery thriller here, and the soundman perspective is a stroke of genius. I loved being in that world of making movies. It kind of reminded me of Peeping Tom but more Hitchcockian, and this is far gorier, thrilling, sexy, and artistically filmed. Some of the shots are so beautiful they could even make it on a film today.
Travolta is great as always, but Nancy Allen plays the dumb bimbo to perfection, and Lithgow is so good as the evil bastard. A role he perfected in Cliffhanger.
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Price
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Re: Blow Out This is a sort of homage to Antonioni's 1966 Blow-Up, but using sound instead of images. But be careful, as Antonioni is an acquired taste, and he is not so much interested in story as in setting a mood and also showcase London during the swinging sixties.
You may also be interested in Coppola's The Conversation, Algren, although that one also has a peculiar pace.
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Algren
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Re: Blow Out I've had The Conversation downloaded for some time.
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