Blow Out, Brian De Palma’s stylish 1981 assassination-and-cover-up thriller movie, was issued as a Criterion Collection
Blow Out stars John Travolta (From Paris With Love) as a B-movie sound-effects man who accidentally records a Chappaquiddick-like car accident only to suspect that it might actually have been a political assassination. Enlisting the help of Sally (Nancy Allen, Robocop), a possible eyewitness to the crime, Jack uses his celluloid sound skills to uncover the truth.
This is the second De Palma film that has received a Criterion release; 1973’s Sisters
Blow Out has been restored and gets a new digital transfer for the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray, and the high-defintion version has DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
The discs have a nice bunch of special features but no commentary track from De Palma, who has yet to record one for any of his films. But he did sit for an hour-long interview conducted by filmmaker Noah Baumbach (Greenberg).
Here’s a list of all the bonuses:
- new hour-long interview with De Palma, conducted by filmmaker Noah Baumbach
- new interview with star Nancy Allen
- cameraman Garrett Brown on the Steadicam shots featured in the film within the film
- select on-set photos from photographer Louis Goldman
- original theatrical trailer
- booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow and Pauline Kael’s
original New Yorker review
The Blu-ray and DVD editions carry the list prices of $39.95 and $29.95, respectively.
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