Brian da Palma

Blow Out

6.0
"Night fever - night fever!" No, it`s not the film where you could hit the dance floor like a maniac to the sound of the Bee Gees. But it`s a film where you can see a young John Travolta. He`s a sound engineer for porn movies, but his life plays out an unexpected twist when he saves the life of a girl who was trapped in a car that fell into a river where a dude going to be elected for senator died. And what`s the coolest - Jack (that`s Travolta) was recording some sounds for a film and recorded how the car fell into the river and found out that it was an assassination and not an accident. So he wants to find out from Sally (that`s the chick) what happened. She acts as if she was a hooker but she was indeed just a silly little girl working at creating pictures for blackmail. But there`s a maniac on the loose - the guy who shot the car and who starts killing young women. What I liked about the film was that he did kill Sally in the end - at least there was no happy ending, this stupid chick wasn`t a particulary lovable character anyway. Oh, I almost forgot - this film was directed by Brian da Palma. Who`s the cat? - you`ll ask. I have no idea - I`ll answer, but he seems to be a really cool director that hasn`t made any really good films.
2004-10-31 00:00:00
film, 1981

The Black Dahlia

7.0
Šīs filmas režisors ir slavenais Braiens de Palma, kura filmās gan es īpaši neorientējos un iepriekš esmu redzējis tikai to detektīvgabalu ar Džonu Travoltu par to skaņu ierakstītāju, kas kļūst par slepkavības liecinieku. "Melnā dālija" arī ir detektīvfilma, toties nav tapusi 80-tajos, līdz ar to tajā nav smieklīgo 80to gadu personāžu, toties tā ir filma, kuras darbība norisinās 40tajos, līdz ar to te ir cita stila personāži. Šī ir nu jau kārtējā filma, kurā piedalās Skārleta Johansena, mani sāk mākt aizdomas, ka viņa pastāv vairākos eksemplāros, pretējā gadījumā izskaidrot milzīgo viņas filmu krājumu es vienkārši nevaru. Melnās Dālijas slepkavība ir reāls gadījums ar mīklainu kādas aktrises slepkavību, kas šeit ir realizēts kā pamats filmai. Elizabete Šorta ir nogalināta un divi detektīvi mēģina noskaidrot, kas to īsti ir izdarījis. Detektīvu lomās ir Džošs Hārtnets (Slevins) un Ārons Ekharts (Thank you for smoking). Viņu kopīgās seksuālās intereses lomā - Skārleta. Vēl te piedalās arī Hilarija Svonka, kas man pirmajā brīdī atgādināja transpersonu. Slepkava, by the way, ir Svonkas mamma, kas nav īsti garīgi pieskaitāma. Filma interesanti uztaisīta, diezgan nuāriskā manierē, lai gan mani tā tomēr atstāja vēsu un šobrīd jau gandrīz visu par šo filmu esmu aizmirsis.
2007-02-19 00:00:00
film, 2006