Blow Out - Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review & Comments

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Reviewed by Cas Harlow, 5th May 2011.
Blow Out thrives on its multi-layered format, pulling you into a story that works on so many different levels all at the same time, and taking you on a character-driven voyage where every element of style gets you further into the head of the protagonists. It’s a great suspense film, taking the archetypal bleak seventies-era political conspiracy thriller mould and breaking it for a new, more adventurous Hollywood revolution. And if you can handle the more dated tropes of this particular production, you will be richly rewarded by a demanding piece of innovative filmmaking.

Coming to Region A-locked Blu-ray as part of the unparalleled connoisseur film collection created by Criterion, we get excellent, director-approved, remastered video and decent original audio, as well as an expectedly classy selection of comprehensive extras, largely produced explicitly for this package, and also including an early experimental feature film by De Palma as a supplement! What more could fans want?

Early John Travolta at arguably his career-best, and honed De Palma reaching the peak of his striking style-meets-substance approach, Blow Out has perpetually been underrated. And now, thanks to Criterion, fans and newcomers alike can appreciate this masterful film classic for all its worth. Recommended.


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