Reel One Brian De Palma’s BLOW OUT

Is the System Broken? De Palma's BLOW OUT - A Cynical Masterpiece | Film Analysis & Discussion
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Take a car ride and dive deep with Kyle Avery and Kyle Kleege as they examine Brian De Palma's electrifying 1981 neo-noir thriller, Blow Out! 

Unlike many conspiracy films where a shadowy government entity knows exactly what it's doing (think All the President's Men or even The Parallax View), De Palma's vision in Blow Out offers a far more cynical, perhaps even terrifying, take: what if everyone is just bumbling around, too powerful to be stopped, and the public is too inundated with information and too lazy to care? Sound familiar in today's world?

We explore how Blow Out captures the disillusionment of post-Watergate America, contrasting De Palma's vision with films that maintain a "faith in the system." From the iconic use of sound – a nod to Coppola's The Conversation – to its intense political paranoia, we unpack why Blow Out remains a relevant and gripping watch. Is it a spiritual successor to Antonioni's Blow-Up? You decide!

Blow Out will screen at Proctors in Schenectady July 31st 2025 at 7pm bigger than life on a 3 story screen
If you love thrillers, political dramas, and films that make you question everything, this is the discussion for you!
directed by Zebulon Schmidt
produced by Paul Kazee
Films & Directors Referenced:

    All the President's Men
    The Parallax View
    The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
    Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni)
    Alfred Hitchcock (influence on De Palma)
    And many more!

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