Ryan has been wanting me to watch this film for a long time now,and I've finally gotten around to watching it. Yes Ryan,you are correct. This film is AMAZING.
Blow Out is a thriller which was made in 1981 and is directed by the legendary Brian De Palma (who has made other classics,including Sisters,Carrie,Scarface,The Untouchables and many more). The film stars John Travolta (who also has a small role in Carrie),Nancy Allen and John Lithgow.
The story involves a man named Jack Terry (John Travolta) who is a sound technician and works with a director who has done a few low budget horror films. Their latest horror film is in post production, and they need a good scream sound effect to dub over the girl in the film,since she did a lousy job with it. So Jack goes out one night with his sound equipment to record the many different things that happen at night,hoping to get something useful. During his recording,a terrible "accident" occurs where a car careens off the road into a lake. Jack jumps into the water to save whoever is in the car and pulls out a young,beautiful woman. Underwater,he sees that the man who was behind the wheel is dead. So of course,he takes the unconscious woman to the hospital. This is where it starts to get interesting. The man who died in the car just happens to be a very popular governor who was running for president. The man had a wife and kids and a very respectable reputation. The woman in the car was not his wife,but a mistress. This causes alot of controversy at the hospital and a detective speaks with Jack,telling him to NEVER tell anyone about the woman and that if anyone asks, the late governor was in the car alone. Jack is morally conflicted with this because he believes the truth should be told about this, but he knows the detective has a good point that this information will break the family's heart. So he agrees to keep quiet about the situation. After the young woman is released from the hospital,Jack tries to befriend her and get to know her,and he also subtly tries to figure out why she was in the car with the governor. While all this is happening,he listens to his audio recording of the night it happened. He notices that right before the supposed "blow out" of the tire,he can barely hear what sounds like a gunshot. This makes him believe that this was no accident,but a murder. Through most of the movie,he tries his heart out to uncover the truth and to get everyone to believe that it was no accident. It turns out to be a pretty big conspiracy theory,which involves John Lithgow. This is easily one of his best performances. John Lithgow is very good at playing baddies. If you want further proof,check out this film as well as Raising Cain and the new season of Dexter,where just like in this film,he plays a serial killer.
Well that's all I'll say about the story. I don't want to give out any spoilers. I was totally into this movie from start to finish. It's an amazing thriller that grabs you with it's complex detective story and doesn't let go. Besides Grease,this is another film that very much helped boost John Travolta's career. It's very well acted and the soundtrack is PHENOMENAL.After watching this film,I actually made the main theme one of my ringtones. It's THAT good (Interesting Fact. The main theme is also used in a small scene in Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof).
Alright,there you have it folks. Blow Out. I give it a 10 out of 10. An amazing film to say the least. We at Mosaic Pictures HIGHLY recommend that you watch it. You can thank us later. CIAO!!
-David
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