Blow Out. 1981.
A movie sound technician accidentally records the sound of a car crash and uncovers a potential assassination on a presidential candidate who was with another woman.
Brian De Palma reunites John Travolta and Nancy Allen who again plays the lady of the evening and seems to have two sides, one as a young naive lady and the other as co-conspirator to bringing down wealthy men in compromising positions. Dennis Franz appears as the photographer who was at the right place and right time to get the perfect picture. John Lithgow does have a great on screen presence as the cold hearted killer who is able to be a great manipulator.
De Palma is able to grab your attention right from the start with the Travolta trying to create a good piece of screaming from the film he is working on and then trying to record outside noises, then drawn into his own investigation that builds up some great suspense and tense moments.
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