Too much of everything

Crappy film

A Masterpiece!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

I watched "Blow out", then I felt grate in three points.First, it is last was good. When I saw that Jack made a film and put scream into the film, I didn't know why he put scream into the film. However, in the last scram, Jack put Sally's scream into the film. This makes us sad and painful.Second, it is music. When the atmosphere , I felt feelings by music.Also, I found similarity with the films of Hitchcock. Maybe, Jack was a police and he failed when he was a politics, so he regretted that. In Vertigo, Scottie is the same situation and has guilty. I wondered Jack also has guilty.Third, I become sad at the last scene. At last, fireworks rise and the love of Jack and Sally are pictured on a large scale. I moved this scene very much.

This movie has various camera-work. At the early scene, for example, it seemed that camera was character's eyes by moving it forward. There was also camera work which turn it. I am familiar with them because I think that they are particular to recent films. For these things, I was easy to watch this film. At this time, I like a character of Burk because I tend to prefer strange person and he is curious man for me. I think that the actor is also good. He does not hesitate to kill the targets and irrelevant people. I associate Burk with my favorite movie, "the Terminator". Above all, I was surprised to that Sally was eventually killed by Burk. Terry has had a sad past that his associate had been murdered on duty. So I thought that Terry would be able to save Sally in this time, but it was not true. He has lost his friend again.(I should regard her as his girlfriend.) I was interested in that the audiences have not be able to look beyond the story. This film is suspense and love story. Also, it is included sad music. My favorite scene is last one. I was so moved by it. I felt that it was the sadness and beauty. I will never forget that scene. As a result, I think this film is a masterpiece.

Brian De Palma is one helluva showman, and when he nails the material with as much nerve, bite and sensual flourish as he does with this paranoid thriller, the results are breathtaking. Nancy Allen is heartbreaking and unusually character-driven as the prostitute; John Lithgow is all menace and glowering evil as the madman. But John Travolta is a jolt to your senses as the emotional sound engineer: his character goes through a wild series of transformations, brought on by a paranoia that is more than justified, and the Kennedy-like murder that begins the movie in such a stylish way.Low budget movie sound-man Jack Terry (John Travolta) is in the right place at the wrong time - while out recording some nature sounds for a B slasher flick (in which DePalma seems to poke fun at some of his own earlier work), he catches the sounds of an auto accident. In an incident reminiscent of Chappaquiddick, a car driven by a presidential candidate suffers a tire blowout and careens off a nearby bridge. The candidate dies, but Terry manages to rescue his "lady friend", a party girl named Sally (Nancy Allen). Key to the story is his recording, which seems to contain a double-bang - perhaps the blowout preceded by a gunshot? Naturally the story leads Terry into a web of intrigue featuring slimy political operatives, corrupt cops, and nefarious CIA henchmen.However, even if you're not a Travolta fan, Blow Out is a great suspense/thriller. Definitely one of DePalma's best of the genre and generally much better than most of the insultingly bad big-budget junk that comes out of Hollywood these days.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

Jack Terry (John Travolta) is a sound recording artist for B-movies. One night, he's out recording sounds when a car drives off the bridge. He dives into the creek and rescues Sally (Nancy Allen). It turns out that state governor McRyan was the driver. McRyan's man Lawrence Henry convinces Jack to cover up Sally's involvement. As he examines his recording, he discovers what sounds like a gunshot. Meanwhile Burke (John Lithgow) is trying to cover it all up. Manny Karp (Dennis Franz) filmed the incident and is selling the pictures.This is Brian De Palma with many of his visual touches. It's reminiscent of other great movies Blowup and The Conversation. Travolta is in his early hot streak. I wish Nancy Allen didn't do the girly voice and her character not be so slow. The story is full of paranoia and turns. I love the simplicity of Travolta working on his film. The whole movie has a great sense of impending doom.