Films/DVD Asylum

Re: "Blow Out"

24.91.201.174

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Thread: Display All Email ] [ Films/DVD Asylum ]

rico

(A)

In Reply to: John Travolta posted by PdL on December 21, 2004 at 05:33:04:

This de Palma film pays homage to both "Blow Up" and "The Conversation".

Follow Ups:

Until Pulp, Blow Out was his finest hour (and he~s had quite a few). nt - tinear 05:07:15 12/22/04 (0)
adfhg
Re: "Blow Out" - TA 14:53:48 12/21/04 (0)
Also Hitchcock ... just about every de Palma film borrows shots from Hitch, even something like Mission Impossible.
Part of the fun (for me) of watching a de Palma film is seeing scenes that make me go, "Oooh, I know I saw that shot in a Hitch movie somewhere."
Blow Out has my favorite use of the famous "De Palma Pan" because it's done in a scene involving reel-to-reel tapes that also spin round and round. (That particular scene uses Hitch's god's eye shot to boot, too!).

"HO, HO, HO!" - Santa Claus
Yes - agreed, although I like Blow Out better than the Conversation. - PdL 05:47:46 12/21/04 (1)
Funny - I also watched Carlito's Way about 2 weeks ago. I think dePalma directed that one also?
- Re: Yes - agreed, although I like Blow Out better than the Conversation. - TA 14:46:06 12/21/04 (0)
  Join the Brian de Palma fan club here!!!!! I think I'm the ONLY member on this Film board through.
  Tarrentino attributes Blow Out to his wanting John Travolta to act in Pulp Fiction. Watch Dressed to Kill and let me know what you think.
  Yes, de Palma directed Carlito's Way, which does come across as a lesser version of Scarface (another Pacino/de Palma film), and de Palma would top his own Grand Central chase in Carlito's Way when he did the Untouchables. I love Sean Penn as the dirty lawyer in Carlito's Way. Totally smarmy!
  
  "HO, HO, HO!" - Santa Claus

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Schiit Audio

You can not post to an archived thread.