Diary entries forBlow Out
Blow Out
Finally got round to watching this and it didn’t disappoint. My favourite type of film in a lot of ways, a mystery thriller where the story continues to unfold whilst keeping the audience’s interest. I don’t think Brian De Palma often gets the attention or credit he deserves from the general public, he really is a legend of cinema and should be recognised as such.
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cinema like cinema. or the scream of a dead cinema.
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De Palma na sua radicalidade em todos os sentidos, para além dos símbolos, o grande trunfo de "Um Tiro no Escuro" é a construção do mistério antes da sua resolução. Muito intrigante como todo o começo somos envolvidos nessa construção de cena a partir dos espaços, a cena do protagonista captando sons na natureza é o que exemplifica isso, não tem plano mais potente na filmografia do De Palma se não o Split Diopter que dive a coruja e Jack, ele capta a natureza, a natureza nos observa, o mundo reage e De Palma explode os sentidos! O personagem do Jonh Travolta, em certo nível, me fez lembrar do que o Kubrick fez em "De Olhos Bem Fechados", a trama de conspiração que aqui é uma certeza absoluta esconde questões contraditórias e isso levando em contraste a comemoração de uma celebração nacional que preza pela "grande democracia" dos EUA. A contradição estética que é ressaltada pelos elementos mais radicais do diretor, aqui abusando do Split Diopter, mais do que nunca. De Palma se utiliza dos arquétipos de um cinema Hitchcockiano com ênfase na figura das Femme Fatale do cinema Noir, em determinado momento me lembrei de um filme menor do Fritz Lang, filme esse que se passa em uma rede de trens, local esse que marca o reencontro e conexão de Jack com a Sally de de Nancy Allen, não ironicamente a conexão das linhas de trem com a reta final e os encontros dos personagens é transpassado por um EUA que está vivendo uma das suas grandes decadência, a década de 80, existem pessoas nas ruas, um crime mais hediondo que o outro é manchete dos jornais e o John Travolta ser um sonoplasta de filmes de terror é a grande ironia disso tudo. Acho genuíno e sádico como a reta final do filme se passa em um momento de tanta pompa. Os Estados Unidos da América, o referencial de democracia mundial, comemora um grande evento por algo tão minúsculo, a máscara da pompa e da farsa embelezada precisa ser mantida. Jack é um homem que por questões de trabalho é obrigado a ouvir melhor que todo mundo, sua investigação, a decupagem da cena do crime que só ele acredita e quer que todos o escutem no final precisa decidir sobre um grito, um grito de uma tragédia, mas a ironia disso tudo é que ele mesmo não sabe que grito é esse e vive torturado por um grito que ele não conseguiu ouvir, os fogos de artifício e o grito de euforia das pessoas alienadas encobriu até um grito, uma celebração falsa que silencia até um Tiro na Noite.
Blow Out
Like others have mentioned, this one had a vibe along the lines of "The Conversation", only more frenetic and a great deal more colorful, both visually and regarding the characters themselves. This one also really plays with its wide-screen format and perspective, while the film's premise itself (one of covert observation and being overheard) enhances the audio/visual experience -- I felt hyper-alert while watching this. Someone somewhere said that Hollywood's favorite subject is itself. I couldn't shake that line as I'm watching the loving way in which the mechanics and tools of backroom editing were framed, or the obsessive/possessive excitement Travolta's character shows over the all-important reels. It points to constructing the very thing we're watching, and if that's destroyed.... We only have our first-hand memories to fall back on? Was it even real to begin with? And all the time that damnable Lithgow wandering maliciously through the backstage of events - playing havoc with how you think this thing needs to play out.
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Cool Movie with an Interesting storyline. I loved the vibe in this movie
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jhon travolta. essa é a review
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"Voyeurismo auditivo" é de foder mesmo hein Brian De Palma.
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"Now that's a scream" it's perfect, from the music to the split diopter shots, De Palma's best
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Wow
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WHAT? WHAT THE FUCK?! The absolute gall to end a film in that way has, quite frankly, enthralled me. I mean this, truly, I don’t think an ending has caught me that off guard before! The worst part? I guessed it! As the final scene began, I was in some sort of denial about the prior scene and was hoping it would be revealed to be a cop-out. Something comfortable and easy to accept. Then I thought, “Hmm, this is a lot like the opening scene of the movie. Wouldn’t it be kind of thematically relevant to end it on that note?” – and they fucking DID IT! Anyway, enough yapping about that stunner of an ending, and instead, more yapping about the rest of the film. It’s great! This was a completely random watch that I assigned to myself earlier this morning after seeing a tweet about how this film is secretly an amazing film to watch on the 4th of July. Since I don’t celebrate the creation of this fuckass nation, I figured, “Eh, why not?” As it turns out, it was randomly on YouTube for free and in 4K too (https://youtu.be/z20y1YqCc0Y?feature=shared), to boot! I thought myself someone unfamiliar with Brian De Palma’s work (which I later remembered was wrong since I had seen “Carrie” in my younger teen years, but that was literally a lifetime ago), so I was quite excited to watch this! Insane level of detail and craftsmanship right from the jump. Starting with a “Halloween”-esque homage (maybe?), it’s later followed by split-diopter shots, split-screen shots with many quick cuts on one half, and ear-catching sound design (which one would hope for given the plot of the film). Travolta is mesmerizing and a treat to watch, as is John Lithgow, whom I wasn’t expecting to find as creepy as I did (as someone who grew up with him as Barney’s absentee father on “How I Met Your Mother”). Overall, a very entertaining watch full of expert displays of artistic craft and plot choices that will leave you awestruck (or dumbstruck, depending on your own tolerance level)!
