1) Vintage De Palma; one of his most suspenseful and best.
2) Top-notch performances by Travolta, Allen & Lithgow.
3) I can finally give away my old MGM copy.
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By Christian Pindar February 12, 2011 05:30 PM
1. It stylistically one of the best movies ever, ever made!
2. Lithgow plays one of the coolest killers ever!
3. De Palma in his Prime.
3.5. Release more vintage De Palma( Dress to Kill, Carrie, and have a feature with Tarantino interviewing De Palma.)
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By Stefan Nylen February 14, 2011 05:44 AM
1 A very very good John Travolta!
2 Dennis Franz, you've got to love this man!
3 Every plot-detail given away in the movies soundtrack. Imagine this in DTS-HD Master Audio!
ps. Tarantino did a fantastic interview with De Palma in the BBC produced documentary "Hollywood's boy wonder". De Palma didn't say a 'peep' ;-)
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By Evan Harvey February 15, 2011 10:34 AM
1. The scene where Jack assembles the magazine photos of the accident and matches them to his sound recording
2. An ending so downbeat and devastating that you tend to miss how perfectly it fits
3. The many ways in which Blow Out echoes and honors Blow Up (see #1 above) without ripping it off
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By JONATHAN DOYLE March 03, 2011 07:10 PM
1) Hitchcock + Pakula ÷ Antonioni x New World Pictures
2) "Pigs. Vultures. What'd you swallow a whole box of animal crackers?"
3) The best script De Palma ever wrote (see 2)
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By Rodney Welch March 04, 2011 08:11 AM
1. The beginning. Hypnotic fake opening, haunting Donaggio score, and the only credits I know of based on a VU meter concept.
2. A realistic thriller in the best sense, -- downbeat and hopeless, with a pervading sense of just how much one man can't accomplish. This never stopped me from sitting through it repeatedly.
3. Easily the best Antonioni film since "The Conversation"
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By Simon Mordue March 09, 2011 02:35 PM
1. De palma is such a knowledgeable technician that his early work is seamless. Beautiful to watch. He uses cinematic tricks to pull you in to the story. Unlike many of todays (Ahem!) Filmmakers, whom without the tricks (CGI.), would not have a Film..
2. It's a Film about Film. It's about observing, the things we think we observe and what lies behind the observation. It's quite unique in many aspects, and I am huge fan of Unique cinema.
3. Slo-Mo...steadicams...Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography...Pino...perfect set-pieces...socio-political overtones...I could go on! Just, simply put, De Palma at his very finest.
I would also love to see Criterion release other great works by De Palma on Blu-Ray. Such as:
SISTERS
DRESSED TO KILL
CARRIE
THE FURY
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
BODY DOUBLE
Just a minor request.
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By André Caron March 17, 2011 04:40 PM
3 REASONS TO ADMIRE BLOW OUT:
1. Its use of image + sound to reconstitute an event is a fusion between BLOW UP (image) and THE CONVERSATION (sound).
2. The main visual motif masterfully ilustrated (the sound reels turn empty while the camera pans in a continuous circle as an ominous magnetic pulse grinds the soundtrack; it echoes the wrist watch sound of the wire being pulled from its enclosed circle, etc.)
3. DePalma instructs the eye of the audience as much as Jack reconstructs the film of the accident and creates its own mise-en-scene with Sally that finally runs amock.
I must add the music of Pino Donaggio. It's so good that Quentin Tarantino used one emotional cue in his film DEATHPROOF.
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By Jerry Axelsson April 11, 2011 02:40 PM
Great release with BLOW-OUT.
Please release BLOW-OUT with the original Filmways Logo in the beginning, not that ugly ORION logo.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CRITERION BLU-RAY OF "BODY DOUBLE"
"BODY DOUBLE"
"BODY DOUBLE"
"BODY DOUBLE"
PLEASE WITH SOME NICE INTERVIEWS AND COMMENTARY...
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By Shane April 12, 2011 04:15 PM
3 REASONS:
1. It's a visceral thrill to see DePalma at the very height of his powers.
2. This movie is so stylish and comprises all of DePalma's signature shots (split screen/POV/slo mo, etc).
3. Brilliant homage to Antonioni & Hitchcock. A cinephile's dream!
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By Gerry Putzer April 12, 2011 05:35 PM
1. Like "Vertigo," that rarest of accomplishments: a truly tragic thriller
2. DePalma's finest moment -- for once, emotion rises to meet visual/aural brilliance
3. Hands down, Travolta's greatest performance
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By Dean April 12, 2011 06:56 PM
1. The heartbeat opening.
2. Nancy Allen under the fireworks.
3. "Now that's a scream!"
Thank you for giving the treatment to Blow Out.
Dressed to Kill, please. Please.
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By Mark April 13, 2011 11:50 AM
1. Pino's music is gut-wrenching and heart-wrenching at the same time.
2. Astute, technically-perfect cinematography.
3. Travolta and Allen: The chemistry is so palpable it takes your breath away.
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By Michael Dalton May 14, 2011 09:16 AM
Just received BLOW OUT (nice touch adding the Pauline Kael review!). Has this film ever looked this good? I'd completely forgotten about John Lithgow's chilling turn.
Stands next to NIGHT OF THE HUNTER as one of your very best releases.
Please please please release a collector's edition of DRESSED TO KILL. I know so many De Palma lovers who'd line up for a copy.
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By Clement May 27, 2011 02:16 PM
One of the last few Hollywood films that dared to end with a downbeat endings (one of the saddest ever !) ... but also pretty twisted when you think about it (I mean, broken hearted as he is, the guy actually USES the scream for his boss' crappy horror film !! Man, talk about going "beyond the call of duty" ;-)
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By Stephen November 08, 2011 02:49 PM
1- DePalma
2- John Travolta's performance is beyond great for cinema. When his book is written this and Pulp Fiction are the two stand outs.
3- John Lithgow playing a hitman acting like a serial killer. Him and that damn watch.
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