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Blow Out (1981)

Directed by Brian De Palma · Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond

R108 min61 frames

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Stills, screencaps & shots from Blow Out

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Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A person looks through a glass window pane into a busy interior food stall. Neon letters spelling CLAMS glow…Blow Out (1981) movie still: closeup — A dark movie theater with red curtain background illuminated by light from a projector. A young man sits…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A narrow alleyway at night illuminated by a single warm orange streetlamp. A man and a woman stand facing one…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A man stands inside a narrow, glass-paneled booth with a mounted public payphone. He holds the telephone…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A man stands inside a glass-walled phone booth with a city street visible behind him. He smiles while holding…Blow Out (1981) movie still: closeup — A dark, cramped interior space with minimal ambient light. A man wearing wired headphones gazes forward while…Blow Out (1981) movie still: closeup — A diner booth with a wire-grid partition separating the subjects from the background. A man in a white…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A dark room contains a desk with papers and a prominent articulated metal lamp. A young man sits in the dim…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A night view of a concrete subway platform with distant golden platform lighting. A young woman with curly…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A cramped tiled public restroom features tan square tiles on the walls. A woman stands in front of a…Blow Out (1981) movie still: establishing — A dark outdoor space at night contains a brightly lit directional park sign. The sign reads Wissahickon…Blow Out (1981) movie still: closeup — A dark concrete parking structure features a pillar marked with an A-3 label. A glowing Liberty Day Jubilee…Blow Out (1981) movie still: closeup — A dark, cramped space with a patterned fabric wall behind the subject. A man wears large headphones while…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A man works in a small, cluttered film lab filled with mechanical editing equipment. He sits behind a complex…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — A man in the foreground remains out of focus while two men talk nearby. The setting is a brightly lit,…Blow Out (1981) movie still: medium — Split screen showing two individuals located in separate settings communicating via landline telephones. Both…
Blow Out (1981) — © Cinema 77, Filmways Pictures

Blow Out — official trailer

What is Blow Out about?

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

Where can you watch Blow Out?

US availability for Blow Out (1981). Data by JustWatch, listings on TMDB. Availability changes — check the provider for current listings.

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What does the cinematography of Blow Out look like?

Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Blow Out leans on medium shots (51% of the sample) and close-ups (23%). Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 61% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Blow Out?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Blow Out (1981) are #312e2d, #100b0b, #4e4c4d, #d7d4cd, #93918e, #8f1010 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #93918e
  • #8f1010

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