Blow Out

Blow Out

1981 · 108 min · EN · R · 7.3 (1,784 votes)
Dir. Brian De Palma · Starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden, John Aquino · Music Pino Donaggio

“Murder has a sound all of its own.”

CrimeMysteryThriller

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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This is a masterclass in paranoid tension, drenched in a cynical neo-noir aesthetic. Its propulsive mystery unravels with meticulous sound design, pulling you into a world of political corruption and moral ambiguity. It feels like a relentless, melancholic descent into a dangerous search for truth.

tenseparanoidcynicalsuspensefulmelancholicpropulsiveneo-noir aestheticintricate sound designsuspenseful cinematographygiallo-inspired tensionpolitical corruptiontruth and deceptionmoral ambiguityfatethe power of sound
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philadelphia, pennsylvaniahitmanpresidential electionpoliticsaudio tapeparanoiafaithlessnessyellconspiracytape recorderwhodunitcar accidentaudio recordingsound effectneo-noirpolitical thrillernoisegrand
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