Blow Out, the Glossary

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1. 110 relations: Act of Vengeance (1986 film), Al Pacino, Alfred Hitchcock, Assassination, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, At the Movies (1986 TV program), Blowup, Box Office Mojo, Brian De Palma, Call girl, Carrie (1976 film), Chappaquiddick incident, Charles Bronson, Chicago Sun-Times, Cinematographer, Completion guarantee, Cover-up, Covert listening device, Cult film, Death Proof, Dementia 13, Den of Geek, Dennis Franz, Dressed to Kill (1980 film), Ellen Burstyn, Film editing, Filmways, Flashdance, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Siskel, Genre, George Litto, Giallo, Governor (United States), Grindhouse (film), Guilt (emotion), HBO, Hi, Mom!, Homage (arts), Home Movies (film), Jeep, John Lithgow, John McMartin, John Travolta, László Kovács (cinematographer), Liberty Bell, List of American films of 1981, List of films featuring fictional films, List of films featuring surveillance, List of horror films of 1981, ... Expand index (60 more) »

2. 1980s political thriller films
3. 1981 crime thriller films
4. 1981 independent films
5. Fictional portrayals of the Philadelphia Police Department
6. Films about hoaxes
7. Films about whistleblowing
8. Films directed by Brian De Palma
9. Filmways films

Act of Vengeance (1986 film)

Act of Vengeance is a 1986 television movie starring Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn, Wilford Brimley, and Keanu Reeves in an early role.

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Al Pacino

Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director.

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Assassination

Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important.

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy

On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.

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At the Movies (1986 TV program)

At the Movies (originally Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, and later At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper) is an American movie review television program produced by Disney–ABC Domestic Television in which two film critics share their opinions of newly released films.

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Blowup

Blow-Up (sometimes styled as Blowup or Blow Up) is a 1966 psychological mystery film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, co-written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond and produced by Carlo Ponti.

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Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.

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Brian De Palma

Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Call girl

A call girl or female escort is a prostitute who (unlike a street walker) does not display her profession to the general public, nor does she usually work in an institution like a brothel, although she may be employed by an escort agency.

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Carrie (1976 film)

Carrie is a 1976 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen, adapted from Stephen King's 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. Blow Out and Carrie (1976 film) are films directed by Brian De Palma and films scored by Pino Donaggio.

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Chappaquiddick incident

The Chappaquiddick incident occurred on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, United States, sometime around midnight, between July 18 and 19, 1969, when United States Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off a narrow bridge, causing it to overturn in Poucha Pond.

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Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Cinematographer

The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece.

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Completion guarantee

In filmmaking, a completion guarantee (sometimes referred to as a completion bond) is a form of insurance offered by a completion guarantor company (in return for a percentage fee based on the budget) that is often used in independently financed films to guarantee that the producer will complete and deliver the film (based on an agreed script, cast and budget) to the distributor(s) thereby triggering the payment of minimum distribution guarantees to the producer (but received by the bank/investor who has cash flowed the guarantee (at a discount) to the producer to trigger production).

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Cover-up

A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error, incompetence, or other embarrassing information.

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Covert listening device

A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug or a wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone.

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Cult film

A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following.

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Death Proof

Death Proof is a 2007 American action slasher film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Blow Out and Death Proof are American serial killer films.

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Dementia 13

Dementia 13, known in the United Kingdom as The Haunted and the Hunted, is a 1963 independently made black-and-white horror-thriller film produced by Roger Corman, and written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola in his feature film directorial debut.

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Den of Geek

Den of Geek is a US and UK-based website covering entertainment with a focus on pop culture.

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Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz Schlachta (born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Dressed to Kill (1980 film)

Dressed to Kill is a 1980 American erotic psychological thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen. Blow Out and Dressed to Kill (1980 film) are 1980s mystery thriller films, American crime thriller films, American mystery thriller films, American neo-noir films, films directed by Brian De Palma, films scored by Pino Donaggio, films shot in Philadelphia and Filmways films.

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Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress.

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Film editing

Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking.

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Filmways

Filmways, Inc. (also known as Filmways Pictures and Filmways Television) was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff and Edwin Kasper in 1952.

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Flashdance

Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh. Blow Out and Flashdance are films set in Pennsylvania.

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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola (born 7 April 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Gene Siskel

Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune.

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Genre

Genre (kind, sort) is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time.

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George Litto

George Litto (December 9, 1930 – April 29, 2019) was an American film producer and talent agent.

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Giallo

In Italian cinema, giallo (gialli; from) is a genre of murder mystery fiction that often contains slasher, thriller, psychological horror, psychological thriller, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements.

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Governor (United States)

In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as head of state and head of government therein.

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Grindhouse (film)

Grindhouse is a 2007 American double feature films/trailers/mock commercials compilation package release written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino presenting back-to-back Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. Blow Out and Grindhouse (film) are American serial killer films.

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Guilt (emotion)

Guilt is a moral emotion that occurs when a person believes or realizes—accurately or not—that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or have violated universal moral standards and bear significant responsibility for that violation.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom! is a 1970 American black comedy film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and is one of Robert De Niro's first films. Blow Out and Hi, Mom! are films directed by Brian De Palma.

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Homage (arts)

Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic.

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Home Movies (film)

Home Movies is a 1979 independent film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Keith Gordon, Theresa Saldana, and Gerrit Graham. Blow Out and Home Movies (film) are films about filmmaking, films directed by Brian De Palma and films scored by Pino Donaggio.

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Jeep

Jeep is an American automobile brand, now owned by multi-national corporation Stellantis.

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John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow (born, 1945) is an American actor.

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John McMartin

John Francis McMartin (August 21, 1929 – July 6, 2016) was an American actor of stage, film and television.

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John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor.

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László Kovács (cinematographer)

László Kovács ASC (14 May 1933 – 22 July 2007) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer who was influential in the development of American New Wave films in the 1970s, collaborating with directors including Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Rush, Dennis Hopper, Norman Jewison, and Martin Scorsese.

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Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell, previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American independence located in Philadelphia.

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List of American films of 1981

This is a list of American films released in 1981.

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List of films featuring fictional films

A body of films feature fictional films as part of their narrative.

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List of films featuring surveillance

There is a significant body of films that feature surveillance as a theme or as a plot arc. Blow Out and List of films featuring surveillance are films about security and surveillance.

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List of horror films of 1981

A list of horror films released in 1981.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller

McCabe & Mrs.

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Michael Sragow

Michael Sragow (born June 26, 1952 in New York) is a film critic and columnist who has written for the Orange County Register, The Baltimore Sun, Film Comment, The San Francisco Examiner, The New Times, The New Yorker (where he worked with Pauline Kael), The Atlantic and Salon.

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Michael Tearson

Michael Tearson is an American pioneer underground DJ, concert and special appearance host, author, recording artist and actor.

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Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian director and filmmaker.

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Movie camera

A movie camera (also known as a film camera and cine-camera) is a type of photographic camera that rapidly takes a sequence of photographs, either onto film stock or an image sensor, in order to produce a moving image to display on a screen.

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Murder a la Mod

Murder a la Mod is a 1968 American film directed by Brian De Palma in his first feature film as a director and writer. Blow Out and Murder a la Mod are American crime thriller films and films directed by Brian De Palma.

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Mystery film

A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime.

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Nancy Allen (actress)

Nancy Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress.

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Nashville (film)

Nashville is a 1975 American satirical musical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Robert Altman.

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best cinematographer of the year.

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Neo-noir

Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during and after World War II in the United Statesroughly from 1940 to 1960.

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Obsession (1976 film)

Obsession is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, and John Lithgow. Blow Out and Obsession (1976 film) are American neo-noir films, American psychological thriller films and films directed by Brian De Palma.

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Paul Hirsch (film editor)

Paul Frederick Hirsch (born November 14, 1945) is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross.

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Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Phantom of the Paradise

Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 American rock musical comedy horror film written and directed by Brian De Palma and scored by and starring Paul Williams. Blow Out and Phantom of the Paradise are films directed by Brian De Palma.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Pino Donaggio

Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio (born 24 November 1941) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores.

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Post-production

Post-production is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography.

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Prince of the City

Prince of the City is a 1981 American epic neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. Blow Out and Prince of the City are American neo-noir films, American police detective films, films about drugs and films about whistleblowing.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker and actor.

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Raising Cain

Raising Cain is a 1992 American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer. Blow Out and Raising Cain are American serial killer films, films directed by Brian De Palma and films scored by Pino Donaggio.

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Review aggregator

A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, and cars.

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Rio Bravo (film)

Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond.

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Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Robin Sherwood

Robin Lyn Sherwood (born January 24, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles in Tourist Trap (1979), Blow Out (1981), and as the role of Carol Kersey in Charles Bronson's film Death Wish II (1982).

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Roger Corman

Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Satellite Award for Best Classic DVD

The Satellite Award for Best Classic DVD was an award given by the International Press Academy from 2004 to 2010 and in 2012.

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Serial killer

A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders two or more people,An offender can be anyone.

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Sidney Lumet

Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director.

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Sisters (1972 film)

Sisters (released as Blood Sisters in the United Kingdom) is a 1972 American psychological horror film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, and Charles Durning. Blow Out and Sisters (1972 film) are American neo-noir films, American psychological thriller films and films directed by Brian De Palma.

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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians.

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Slasher film

A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools.

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Sneak Previews

Sneak Previews (1975 to 1996: known as Opening Soon...at a Theater Near You from 1975 to 1977, and Sneak Previews Goes Video from 1989 to 1991) is an American film review show that ran for over two decades on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

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Sound effect

A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media.

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Split screen (video production)

In film and video production, split screen is the visible division of the screen, traditionally in half, but also in several simultaneous images, rupturing the illusion that the screen's frame is a seamless view of reality, similar to that of the human eye.

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Tabloid (newspaper format)

A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet.

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Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Blow Out and Taxi Driver are American crime thriller films, American neo-noir films and films set in a movie theatre.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.

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The Conversation

The Conversation is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, and Robert Duvall. Blow Out and the Conversation are American mystery thriller films, American neo-noir films and films about security and surveillance.

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The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films".

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The Fury (film)

The Fury is a 1978 American supernatural horror thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, and Andrew Stevens. Blow Out and the Fury (film) are American psychological thriller films and films directed by Brian De Palma.

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The Godfather

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Thriller film

Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Tracking shot

In cinematography, a tracking shot is any shot where the camera follows backward, forward or moves alongside the subject being recorded.

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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Vilmos Zsigmond

Vilmos Zsigmond ASC (June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer.

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Voyeurism

Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.

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Zapruder film

The Zapruder film is a silent 8mm color motion picture sequence shot by Abraham Zapruder with a Bell & Howell home-movie camera, as United States President John F. Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

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16th Satellite Awards

The 16th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, home videos and interactive media, presented by the International Press Academy at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, Los Angeles.

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1981 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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1981 National Society of Film Critics Awards

16th NSFC Awards January 5, 1982 ---- Best Film: Atlantic City The 16th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1982, honored the best filmmaking of 1981.

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See also

1980s political thriller films

• Antha (film)
• Assassination (1987 film)
• Blow Out
• Deadline (1987 film)
• Defence of the Realm
• Endangered Species (1982 film)
• Harlequin (film)
• He Died with His Eyes Open
• Hidden City (film)
• Missing (1982 film)
• Never Say Die (1988 film)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)
• One Hundred Days in Palermo
• Orion's Belt (film)
• Prime Risk
• Put on Ice
• Red King, White Knight
• The Amateur (1981 film)
• The Ambassador (1984 American film)
• The Imagemaker
• The Kidnapping of the President
• The Red Spectacles
• The Salamander (1981 film)
• Time for Revenge
• Under Fire (1983 film)
• Urimai Geetham
• Vandanam
• Who Dares Wins (film)
• Wrong Is Right

1981 crime thriller films

• Blow Out
• Cutter's Way
• Dead & Buried
• Eyes of a Stranger (1981 film)
• Loophole (1981 film)
• Ms .45
• Nighthawks (1981 film)
• The Amateur (1981 film)
• The Professional (1981 film)
• Thief (film)
• Tik Tik Tik (1981 film)

1981 independent films

• Blood Beach
• Blow Out
• Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
• Circle of Power
• Close Harmony (1981 film)
• Dead & Buried
• Document of the Dead
• Don't Go in the Woods (1981 film)
• Earthbound (1981 film)
• Frankenstein Island
• Frightmare (1981 film)
• Graduation Day (film)
• Gunmen's Blues
• Happy Birthday to Me (film)
• Harry's War (1981 film)
• Hell Night
• Home Sweet Home (1981 film)
• Improper Channels
• Inseminoid
• Just Before Dawn (1981 film)
• Kill and Kill Again
• Knightriders
• Mad Max 2
• Madman (film)
• Ms .45
• Pacific Banana
• Private Lessons (1981 film)
• Roar (film)
• Scanners
• See What I Say
• Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.
• Southern Comfort (1981 film)
• Street Music (1981 film)
• Take This Job and Shove It (film)
• The Burning (1981 film)
• The Dollar Bottom
• The Evil Dead
• The Howling (film)
• The Loveless
• The Nesting
• The Prowler (1981 film)
• They All Laughed
• Time Bandits
• Violet (1981 film)
• Zoot Suit (film)

Fictional portrayals of the Philadelphia Police Department

• Alert: Missing Persons Unit
• Badge of Honor
• Blow Out
• Body of Proof
• Cold Case
• Downtown (film)
• Fallen (1998 film)
• Fighting Back (1982 American film)
• Hack (TV series)
• In the Heat of the Night (film)
• In the Shadow of the Moon (2019 film)
• Law Abiding Citizen
• Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
• Money for Nothing (1993 film)
• Renegades (1989 film)
• Shooter (2007 film)
• The Thin Blue Lie
• Trading Places
• Witness (1985 film)

Films about hoaxes

• Alien Autopsy (2006 film)
• Amityville 3-D
• Blood & Orchids
• Blow Out
• Capricorn One
• Captain Clegg (film)
• Dark Side of the Moon (2002 film)
• Get Rich Quick Porky
• Hare Tonic
• JT LeRoy (film)
• Joker (2012 film)
• Not Okay
• Schtonk!
• Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)
• Sugar Mountain (film)
• The Hoax
• The Science of Fictions
• The Tichborne Claimant (film)
• Volver

Films about whistleblowing

• Blacklight (film)
• Blow Out
• Citizenfour
• Enemies of the State
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Hopscotch (film)
• Icarus (2017 film)
• Ism (film)
• Jurassic World Dominion
• Klokkenluider
• National Bird (film)
• Not Safe for Work (film)
• Official Secrets (film)
• On the Waterfront
• Prince of the City
• Reality (2023 film)
• Reality Winner (film)
• Samjin Company English Class
• Serpico
• Silkwood
• Snowden (film)
• The China Syndrome
• The Insider (film)
• The Journalist (2019 film)
• The Most Dangerous Man in America
• The Pentagon Papers (film)
• The Post (film)
• The Whistle Blower
• The Whistleblower
• We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
• Wife of a Spy
• Winner (2024 film)

Films directed by Brian De Palma

• Blow Out
• Body Double
• Brian De Palma filmography
• Carlito's Way
• Carrie (1976 film)
• Casualties of War
• Dionysus in '69
• Domino (2019 film)
• Dressed to Kill (1980 film)
• Femme Fatale (2002 film)
• Get to Know Your Rabbit
• Greetings (1968 film)
• Hi, Mom!
• Home Movies (film)
• Mission to Mars
• Mission: Impossible (film)
• Murder a la Mod
• Obsession (1976 film)
• Passion (2012 film)
• Phantom of the Paradise
• Raising Cain
• Redacted (film)
• Scarface (1983 film)
• Sisters (1972 film)
• Snake Eyes (1998 film)
• The Black Dahlia (film)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)
• The Fury (film)
• The Untouchables (film)
• The Wedding Party (1969 film)
• Wise Guys (1986 film)

Filmways films

• 10 Rillington Place
• 21 Hours at Munich
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film)
• Blow Out
• Castle Keep
• Death Wish II
• Don't Make Waves
• Dressed to Kill (1980 film)
• Eye of the Devil
• Four Friends (1981 film)
• Full Moon High
• Fuzz (film)
• Hamlet (1969 film)
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living
• Ice Station Zebra
• King Lear (1971 British film)
• Miracle on Ice (1981 film)
• Roar (film)
• Save the Tiger
• See No Evil (1971 film)
• Summer Lovers
• Tell Me a Riddle (film)
• The Americanization of Emily
• The Babysitter (1980 film)
• The Burning (1981 film)
• The Cincinnati Kid
• The Earthling
• The Fearless Vampire Killers
• The First Deadly Sin
• The Loved One (film)
• The Moonshine War
• The Other Side of the Mountain
• The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2
• The Sandpiper
• The Wheeler Dealers
• The White Dawn
• Too Many Thieves
• Topkapi (film)
• Two-Minute Warning
• What's the Matter with Helen?

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_Out

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