Now I'm talking about the very beginning with the cheap slasher horror flick, it really reminded me of "Carrie" so obviously I thought it'd be the real thing
Then the ending was so stupid, why would Jack use the scream in the movie when we can see that he suffers when he sees it. Why not just use some other scream?
watch blow out again,think about it and if ya dont get it ask and il explain mate
"its a great scream" -blow out
sorry can't watch it again, but what is there to understand? i understand he's a soundman and they needed a screaming-sound for the film, but why would he use the REAL sound of the woman he loved dying. i don't think anyone would do that
shareThe reason it ends in that way is because it shows not only that life can be tragic sometimes but also that his character had to find a scream to satisfy his boss which is what he was asked to do in the beginning.This ties the whole arc of the movie together giving the ending much more substance.By the way,i think that this is a well made film that works on so many levels.
shareAt the start Jack is basically a hack-doesnt care bout his work and treats it as one big joke.By the end of the picture jack has puts the scream in the picture to basically punish himself for playing his part in the murder of somebody else close to him that he could have prevented by not getting himself and especially Sally involved.well thats my opinion!
"its a great scream" -blow out
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I agree with youtalkin2me. I think He/She hit the nail right on the head. I just wacthed this movie for the first time, and I happened to love it. The ending did feel a little rushed but I think It added to the suspence.
shareThank you.im a he by the way lol.dont think the ending was rushed tho how would you have done it differently can i ask?
"its a great scream" -blow out
I feel complete comfort while watching a De Palma movie because he is a master So I really don't have a better ending to offer.
sharewell said.
"its a great scream" -blow out
I kinda liked the film. The only disadvantage it had,I think was that it make the Burke character a kinda serial killer, who would kill anyone for his pleasure. I don't think that a character like that would fit in such a movie. I mean a movie who starts somehow as a political thriller. The ending could have been happier with Sally alive, testing for the better scream, but I really liked the explanation youtalking2me and jeremyfraz gave.
shareburke wasn't a serial killer who killed for his own pleasure... he committed those murders as part of a plan. he wanted the police to think there was a sex-obsessed madman loose. if the police thought that, then they wouldn't tie sally's death to the governor's murder.
with this in mind, burke's behavior completely fit into the scheme of the story, as these murders were all a part of the conspiracy to cover-up the initial murder in the story.
Burke is a madman but kind of a controlled one, and yet what's brilliant about it is that he starts off making a mistake himself - he follows a woman he is sure is Sally, but he's wrong and kills just some woman, so he decides in his warped mind to make it a series of killings so that it won't be all that suspicious or lead back to him (how it won't is anyone's call - the killing he does in the train station is risky as hell).
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Unfortunately for the original poster he's missing the endings complexities. There's many nuances one realizes watching this, esp if you watch with care and not as mere entertainment.
Here's a few aspects i see (intended or not):
The inclusion of her scream is indeed his way of preserving her life, honoring her in a way but also putting her death to use. It will be on tape forever, heard by thousands, never to be erased or forgotten.
He's reminding himself of her tragic murder (self punishment for putting her at risk and being unable protect her innocence, for which he will be driven mad) and simultaneously showing audiences what a woman's real murder/terror truly sounds like- it's horrifyingly authentic, upsetting, repulsive, not sexy or entertaining.
Here's his once big chance via his hack job to affect people directly, make them feel something real and memorable... a dream opportunity for a sound freak with a conscience.
Lastly we see this is the dirty work *he* does for money just as she did what she chose to do, not for the love of it but because that's life. For her it was best to take what's given on short notice in order to make ends meet, never mind weighing the ethical dilemma of whether a job is right or wrong.
Excellent post, HollandTunnel. Jack having Sally's death scream in the film is, in his sadly haunted way, an homage to her young life and horrific demise.
There is a certain sweetness to it.
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Damn fine analysis. Bravo.
shareI think it makes sense cause he wanted to immortalize her and punish himself for failing at the same time. Before the end after she dies he listens to her voice alone in the park , just as they had planned on spending time in the park. Her scream was the perfect scream, so he used it. When she died he kind of died with her. Good, but very sad film. Shades of Hitchcock. Reminds me of "Vertigo"
shareBasically it functions as a sound effects metatext, in that it specifically, self-referentially and self-consciously examines the nature, status and function of sound effects through the metalanguage of using sound, itself, to describe and comment on sound.
shareI disagree. I think this film has the one of the best endings in American film history. It is so dark and cynical, and one of DePalma's best.
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The answer to the ending is forshawdoed earlier in the movie. In the scene were Jack convinces Sally to help him bring the whole thing out in the open in her apartment, he tells her your gonna end up crazy or dead. (SPOILER) Well, she ends up dead and he ends up not crazy, but haunted for the rest of his life by the whole experience.
shareBrian de Palma works for me as a Hitchcock style director of campy thrills, whose humor trumps his tension every time. As such, the ending is hilarious, and still moving, and not terrible.
shareNow I'm talking about the very beginning with the cheap slasher horror flick, it really reminded me of "Carrie" so obviously I thought it'd be the real thing
Then the ending was so stupid, why would Jack use the scream in the movie when we can see that he suffers when he sees it. Why not just use some other scream?
I thought the beginning and the ending were both great; it was the last third of the movie leading up to the ending that spoiled it for me.
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His job, above all, was to provide a good scream for the movie. He did get the scream despite its huge consequences. If you think about it, it brings the movie in a full circle.
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