Criminally underated Brian De Palma film, excellent performances by John Travolta and Nancy Allen, any fans out there?
Posted by JCWBobC (Member # 2525) on :
I have it on Laserdisc & still watch it whenever I catch it on TV.
Bob
Posted by Burnett (Member # 9924) on :
I'm a fan too. I like Body Double just a bit more, but I love Blow Out too. It's a very suspenseful and masterfully crafted thriller, but also a protest against the American politics in that time, and above all it's a reflection on and an ode to movie making! The opening scene, a parody on the slasher-genre, is one of my favourite scenes of all time... ironically, this single scene has more quality than any other slasher (except for the opening of Halloween maybe).
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
i found the ending a bit bizzare, good but bizzare, i prefer body double too.
Posted by Burnett (Member # 9924) on :
You mean the "it's a good scream" scene? I thought that was beautiful.
(spoilers ahead)
A broken man's kind of morbid but touching homage to the woman he loved. Also it may be an action to punish himself because he feels so guilty.
[ 27. August 2011, 16:33: Message edited by: Burnett ]
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
yeah the use of the scream, i liked it but i felt it was kind of twisted
