Underrated 80s Flick: Blow Out

Today's selection of "Blow Out (1981)" is inspired by Ted Kennedy, who passed away yesterday (you may have to watch the movie to get the connection). Directed by Brian DePalma and starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen, and a very young John Lithgow, I guess this could be considered one of my favorite movies, since I still watch it regularly. There aren't too many movies that I can think of that combine political intrigue with a serial killer storyline, but somehow it works wonderfully here. "Blow Out" is actually a remake of the Italian film "Blowup (1966)", which I haven't seen yet, but I'd like to.

"This stylish Brian DePalma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack is a sound-man who works on "Grade-B" horror movies. Late one evening, he is "sampling" sounds for use on his movies, when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he doesn't know who he can trust."