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Podcast: Slow Motion Triple Feature
Episode: 29) Mike's Delightful DePalma Triple Feature PT II - Blow Out (1981)
Description: In spite of being a nearly perfect film (number 18 on the American Friend Institute’s top 100) and featuring a career-best performance from John Travolta, this movie bombed. Imagine you were as good at your job as Travolta is at acting in this movie and instead of a promotion you got exiled so hard only Tarantino could bring you back. No wonder he hasn’t come out of the closet, John Travolta doesn’t owe us shit. Well, we see you, Travolta. We see you, De Palma. We see you and we love you. (Listen closely and you can hear the te...