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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 18, 2020 5:43:06 GMT
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Post by rudeboy on Jun 18, 2020 5:49:02 GMT
I think I marginally prefer Dressed to Kill, but this is a terrific thriller. Possibly the only genuinely impressive Travolta performance.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2020 12:39:12 GMT
7/10. Some tense moments. That last pic is haunting but also a tad spoilerish. Then again, it's 40+ years old.
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Post by Jason143 on Jun 18, 2020 16:27:02 GMT
Didnt expect the ending which makes it very memorable rather than just another 80s thriller
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Post by Archelaus on Jun 18, 2020 16:50:08 GMT
It's a terrific thriller, and it's one of my favorite films from Brian De Palma.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 18, 2020 16:52:59 GMT
Too derivative of Blow Up, with an audio recording taking the place of a photograph.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 18, 2020 19:37:17 GMT
I agree, it's a solid, stylish thriller from De Palma and has an exceptional performance by Travolta. One of De Palma's more underappreciated movies, actually.
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Post by janntosh on Aug 4, 2020 3:43:21 GMT
Just watched this on Amazon Prime. It’s a good, well made thriller. I don’t care for Nancy Allen though (in any movie she’s in honestly) and I’m also kind of confused. Were Lithgow and Nancy allen and Dennis Franz working together and hired by the same people? And why was Lithgow hired if they didn’t want to kill the guy?
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 4, 2020 11:36:56 GMT
Blow Out (1981), written and directed by Brian De Palma. A movie sound-man records evidence of a political murder. Would you believe it: he plays amateur sleuth, a dangerous game for an audio voyeur. I remember not liking this much in the theater, but I was probably punishing John Travolta for being a recent teen idol. The "Liberty Bell" murders seemed a too casual plot gimmick for such brutal crimes, although the violence in this film is much less explicit than in others from De Palma. And no nudity, apart from the slasher film spoof in the opening: Coed Frenzy, fifth film in two years from offices above a porno theater. In Philadelphia It is a dark plot, despairing in the end. No one is saved, there is no justice. Nancy Allen's character is made immortal (well... Coed Frenzy...) in her terror. As a mashup of Blow-Up (1966) and The Conversation (1974) it is very clever: a thriller for film editors and sound-men. Like the other movies, the more we see and listen, the more we discover. He uses many split screen shots, sometimes with lenses but often just with composition. And yet: it develops slowly for a thriller, taking time to show that we have a crime, that it is a conspiracy, and that everyone who knows about it will be cleaned up. We never get to know our characters very well. The excitement picks up quite a bit in the last segment. I think the score is way too much, sounding sometimes like a spoof of the genre. Criterion Blu-ray, grainy and often very dark. Extras include extended bits by the director, Nancy Allen, and Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown, who was brought in to do the Coed Frenzy bit. The best extra is a complete early De Palma feature film once thought lost: Murder a la Mod (1968). 
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 14:21:42 GMT
Just watched this on Amazon Prime. It’s a good, well made thriller. I don’t care for Nancy Allen though (in any movie she’s in honestly) and I’m also kind of confused. Were Lithgow and Nancy allen and Dennis Franz working together and hired by the same people? And why was Lithgow hired if they didn’t want to kill the guy? I'm also not a fan of Nancy Allen. De Palma used her a lot. Don't get her allure. As for the movie, typical De Palms nonsense. If you don't think too much and REALLY suspend disbelief, possibly okay. I did like Travolta and Lithgow in it; and as always Franz plays a not-so-nice guy to the hilt. I think he had a minor roll in Robocop - as a cop - or perhaps I'm confusing it with another flick. I know he was in The Fury and Dressed to Kill (as a cop! LOL!) |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 4, 2020 15:13:43 GMT
Just watched this on Amazon Prime. It’s a good, well made thriller. I don’t care for Nancy Allen though (in any movie she’s in honestly) and I’m also kind of confused. Were Lithgow and Nancy allen and Dennis Franz working together and hired by the same people? And why was Lithgow hired if they didn’t want to kill the guy? I'm also not a fan of Nancy Allen. De Palma used her a lot. Don't get her allure. As for the movie, typical De Palms nonsense. If you don't think too much and REALLY suspend disbelief, possibly okay. I did like Travolta and Lithgow in it; and as always Franz plays a not-so-nice guy to the hilt. I think he had a minor roll in Robocop - as a cop - or perhaps I'm confusing it with another flick. I know he was in The Fury and Dressed to Kill (as a cop! LOL!) He wasn’t in RoboCop. He was in De Palma’s Body Double, as well. |
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 15:32:14 GMT
I'm also not a fan of Nancy Allen. De Palma used her a lot. Don't get her allure. As for the movie, typical De Palms nonsense. If you don't think too much and REALLY suspend disbelief, possibly okay. I did like Travolta and Lithgow in it; and as always Franz plays a not-so-nice guy to the hilt. I think he had a minor roll in Robocop - as a cop - or perhaps I'm confusing it with another flick. I know he was in The Fury and Dressed to Kill (as a cop! LOL!) He wasn’t in RoboCop. He was in De Palma’s Body Double, as well. Ah, yes! Thank you! |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 8, 2021 12:17:37 GMT
Watched the Criterion Blu-ray last night. Thinking my favorite scene is still when Jack realizes the tapes have been erased and the camera continues to circle the room. The disc also includes interviews with De Palma (nearly an hour long), Nancy Allen, and Garrett Brown worth checking out.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 8, 2021 12:30:03 GMT
There have been much worse, but that was definitely a blowout. |
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