Blow Out [4K UHD + Blu-Ray] (Criterion Collection) - UK Only

de Palma was at the top of his game during the 70s and 80s, churning out superb thrillers, oft-tinged with horror elements such as Sisters, Carrie, Dressed to Kill, The Fury, and this one, Blow Out. I won't go into detail regarding the plot as you can find that on the imdb, but if you're looking at this 4k release from Criterion and looking to see if it's worth the money, then the answer is a resounding 'YES.'It looks truly filmic, true to the source material. Not glossy and DNR'd to death, but like an early 1980s film treated with due respect. de Palma's use of split diopter shots is in full effect in this one, and the film as a whole looks tremendous. I really can't imagine it looking much better.Travolta is on fine form, Nancy Allen (what a babe she was) plays the ditzy patsy to perfection, Dennis Franz the sleazy photographer is great, and of course, the man of the show, John Lithgow, makes it worth watching based on his character alone.SO many great moments in this. The initial accident, the various actresses they audition for the scream, the overhead 360 as Travolta is in his recording studio and realises just how deep the conspiracy goes, the multiple 'sex killings' to draw attention away from the real target.An amazing film, and an excellent disc. 10/10

Ok film hard to understand at times

One of De Palma's best films ever, with a fantastic rhythm and sense of cinema from the very start to the end. There are maybe some excessive scenes where pathos, anxiety or drama are too stressed and become a little over the top, but he managed to resume from Antonioni former film and concept of technology changing the way we see the world, and develop a master-thriller, with fantastic scenes, all built around the idea of time, perception, distortion of the senses, and a truth and reality that is not what we know. A political thriller where the concept, the story and the way it is directed are all connected and converge into this great example of Cinema with the capitol C, without losing however any adherence with reality. It si not just art for art, but art that change the way we see the world.Great blu ray, with some flaws, but still top class.

Brother John is tremendous in this fantastic movie brought to us by our friends at criterion, now if only they could bring All that Jazz to the UK shores that would be great.

Ok but…….

Excellent film that eschews many of the tropes that were (and still are) typical of the genre. There are some downsides however regarding the acting but nevertheless, it's a classic. Criterion also did competent work with the restoration.

Top marks to Criterion for restoration and packaging - however, I can’t quite understand their decision to include this one to their list. I think it really is very bad indeed - however, John Travolta is, as usual, a real ‘Pro’.

Somewhat dated in some areas, ahead of its time in others.That ending! Savage.

N'oubliez pas ça prend un décodeur tout region

en la caratula no se aprecia que es en realidad un disco BD-R ! lastima...

De Palma flext hier seine visuellen cinematographischen Fähigkeiten bis zum Extrem. Das Schöne am Blow Out ist aber, dass es hier Style und Substance gibt. Klar gibt es hier betörend schöne Einstellungen, Bildkompositionen, Splitscreens, längere One-Takes und vieles mehr, aber der Rest kann auch überzeugen: das Drehbuch ist voller interessanter Ideen und die Schauspieler sind große Klasse, insbesondere (aber nicht nur) Travolta als Toningenieur und Nancy Allen als leicht naive Protagonistin. Wunderbares Kino auf toller Blu Ray!

Film da collezione.Nulla da recriminare ,Sappiate linguaggio francese

ITS A FANTASTIC MOVIE. THE CLARITY AND SOUND IF THE DVD IS AWESOME....