Blow Out (1981)

Directed by Brian De Palma
← Inspired by 1 films

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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Films that influenced Blow Out

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  1. Rear Window (1954)
    "De Palma's overt Hitchcock homage — and his second voyeurism thriller after Sisters — extends the Rear Window/Conversation surveillance lineage." source

Blow Out (1981), directed by Brian De Palma, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including Rear Window. Check out the citations below.