Blow Out (1981)
Directed by Brian De Palma · Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
R108 min61 frames
CrimeMysteryThriller
Murder has a sound all of its own.
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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.
Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. It stars John Travolta as a sound technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget slasher film, unintentionally captures audio evidence of an assassination. Nancy Allen stars as Sally Bedina, a young woman involved in the crime. The supporting cast includes John Lithgow and Dennis Franz.
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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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