Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Blow Out

John Travolta d/ Brian De Palma

Solid artifact of the (justifiable) era of paranoid filmmaking that flourished in the aftermath of the assassinations that rocked the world in the 60's. The film was a bit overdone...particularly during the "Liberty Day" grand finale but he did capture the sense of dismayed cynicism that was pervasive then...and that should be now.

Nice supporting role by Nancy Allen who played a likable airhead caught up in machinations beyond her ken.

In this film the bad guys won...just like real life.

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