I watched "Blow out", then I felt grate in three points.First, it is last was good. When I saw that Jack made a film and put scream into the film, I didn't know why he put scream into the film. However, in the last scram, Jack put Sally's scream into the film. This makes us sad and painful.Second, it is music. When the atmosphere , I felt feelings by music.Also, I found similarity with the films of Hitchcock. Maybe, Jack was a police and he failed when he was a politics, so he regretted that. In Vertigo, Scottie is the same situation and has guilty. I wondered Jack also has guilty.Third, I become sad at the last scene. At last, fireworks rise and the love of Jack and Sally are pictured on a large scale. I moved this scene very much.

Brian DePalma is an acclaimed director and rightfully so ("Scarface" anyone?) But this seems to be a forgotten classic. This is such a great film. The direction is immaculate, the performances are amazing and the story will keep you guessing. It's like taking a classic Alfred Hitchock premise but mixing it with a heavy dose of the '80's (in a good way). John Travolta's best dramatic role ever.

A Movie Full of Film Flourishes. The Always Fanciful and Never Shy to Show-Off Director, Brian De Palma, Relishes in the Glory of Film-Making and Makes Love to His Movies. Here He makes another Visually Interesting Picture and the Audio Track is No Side-Bar. It is Present right Beside the Images.John Travolta is a "Sound-Man" for Low-Budget Horror Movies and as He is doing some On Location Recordings, the Tapes Immediately become Central to the Plot. Not to be Upstaged, the Visual Images become just as Important. Travolta Literally Pieces Together Clues to a Crime, uncovers a Conspiracy, and the Chase is On.Nancy Allen Co-Stars as a "Honey Trap" who is in Over Her Head. The Two Encounter Cover-Ups, a Psycho-Killer, Cynical Cops, and Political Corruption in the "City of Brotherly Love" during a Week of Bi-Centennial Celebration.John Lithgow makes quite an Impression with Limited Screen Time. Dennis Franz is Typecast as a Sleaze who Drinks, Drools, Urinates, and Oozes Odorous Obscenity.De Palma Pulls every Trick in His Considerable Bag of Cinematic Trademarks to make this a Pulse-Pounding, Neo-Noir and it is one of His Most Bleak and Depressing Movies.Colors Explode from the Screen as De Palma Paints a Picture just a Heartbeat Removed from Reality. An Amped Up, Pulpy Presentation with Crafty Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond), Music and Sound that is an Earful, and a Pace that is Swift and Unrelenting.Another De Palma Movie that is a Delight the way it Pays Homage to Film and Filmmakers of the Past with Referential Playfulness and Artistic Hubris. The Director has made Many Movies. All are Interesting at the Very Least, Entertaining, and some are Great Films. This One Falls somewhere in there, Depending on Point of View.Where it Ranks in the Director's Impressive Filmography is an "Eye of the Beholder" Thing and this one is a Sight...and Sound...to Behold.

Jack Terry (John Travolta) is a sound recording artist for B-movies. One night, he's out recording sounds when a car drives off the bridge. He dives into the creek and rescues Sally (Nancy Allen). It turns out that state governor McRyan was the driver. McRyan's man Lawrence Henry convinces Jack to cover up Sally's involvement. As he examines his recording, he discovers what sounds like a gunshot. Meanwhile Burke (John Lithgow) is trying to cover it all up. Manny Karp (Dennis Franz) filmed the incident and is selling the pictures.This is Brian De Palma with many of his visual touches. It's reminiscent of other great movies Blowup and The Conversation. Travolta is in his early hot streak. I wish Nancy Allen didn't do the girly voice and her character not be so slow. The story is full of paranoia and turns. I love the simplicity of Travolta working on his film. The whole movie has a great sense of impending doom.