Re BLOW OUT..."I also watched the film again. It was "okay", then I went and read all the reviews about it, and they're mostly very positive, so I must have missed something. A lot of the critics heralded Nancy Allen's "warm" performance. I thought she was terrible" ----------------------------------------- It's funny you should say this (he replied, weeks later). I initially thought that about her performance as Sally (the prostitute/witness in BLOW OUT). I really struggled to get a grip on her vacuous delivery and acting. But then I remembered her playing of Chris, the ultimate evil high school bitch/bully from hell in CARRIE. Then her canny/smart/streetwise 'tart with a heart' prostitute* in DRESSED TO KILL. Then her sultry sex object role in 1941. And her warm/likeable Lewis, ROBOCOP'S loyal partner... And I figured she's playing Sally as a really dumb airheaded girl who only knows beauty cosmetic appliance and selling her body for sex and she's playing it perfect. I find it's this sweet innocence that the Travolta character (Jack) falls for and wants to protect.
