This Independence Day weekend, we're going to hear the pops and fizzes of fireworks as they burst into the sky. Fireworks are so fun and colorful, it's really a great time watching them. But in cinema, these fireworks aren't always used for celebration. Sometimes they can help other themes come alive in our story. Today, I want to go over ten instances where this is the case. Let's dive in. Blow Out (1981)In Brian De Palma’s paranoid thriller, fireworks become the death of the American dream as they coordinate with gunshots to cover up a massive political assassination. In the movie, sound recordist Jack Terry (John Travolta) is out capturing ambient noise when he records a car accident that pulls him into a deadly conspiracy where a sound meant for joy becomes the key to a murder.Brokeback Mountain (2005)During a tense party, fireworks explode outside as Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) loses his cool on two guys. We see there is a person inside him, so fed up with who he is that he's not sure what to do. And we see his wife see him losing himself. The Sandlot (1993)The 4th of July night game scene is pure cinematic magic. As the boys play baseball under a sky lit up by neighborhood fireworks, Ray Charles's "America the Beautiful" plays. This is a coming-of-age scene that celebrates growing up and the romance of being a kid and playing outside. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Gandalf's...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 2 July