The Conversation, 1974
This is a brillant film, it just isn't entertaining.
This is a mood piece. The film goes very slow and by the end you can feel the paranoia of the main character, played by Gene Hackman. He is specialized in bugging people and plays the tortured...
- 05.January.2011
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- by: wriswith
- wriswith rated this movie7/10Good
The Conversation, 1974
This is a brillant film, it just isn't entertaining.
This is a mood piece. The film goes very slow and by the end you can feel the paranoia of the main character, played by Gene Hackman. He is specialized in bugging people and plays the tortured genius in this film.
The entire film is based around a conversation that the lead character recorded. It is the main plot, but it has very little story. The better part of the 2 hours is filled exploring Gene Hackman's character. This is more interesting, but it takes the action out of the film.
As I said, this is a brilliant film. As a mood piece it succeeds completely, but it just doesn't entertain. I have a lot of respect for this film, but I have to admit that by the end of the film I was bored. This is art, not entertainement.
- 05.January.2011
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- by: wriswith
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I always thought it was a small, interesting film, with a good twist at the end. What made this especially enjoyable on DVD was the edition of audio commentary by the editor, Walter Murch and by director Francis Ford Coppola. I had no idea so much...
- 22.March.2009
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- by: donp17
- donp17 rated this movie
 8/10Great
I always thought it was a small, interesting film, with a good twist at the end. What made this especially enjoyable on DVD was the edition of audio commentary by the editor, Walter Murch and by director Francis Ford Coppola. I had no idea so much was going on about the plot structure and cinematic details. And the two commentaries complement themselves nicely. Coppola talks about the broad ideas and Murch talks about the specifics. It's film seminar in your living room.
(2007) I would like to recommend "The Lives of Others" as a movie to compare with "The Conversation". Both used eavesdropping as a device to explore the themes of alienation and morality.
- 22.March.2009
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- by: donp17
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This is one of the best films I've ever seen. Set's the standard for symbolic yet dramatic art cinema. Coppola focuses on one aspect of human existence--privacy--and explores it not only through plot and character but through everything the film...
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
- sethdellinger rated this movie0/10
This is one of the best films I've ever seen. Set's the standard for symbolic yet dramatic art cinema. Coppola focuses on one aspect of human existence--privacy--and explores it not only through plot and character but through everything the film medium allows him. From the lead character's name (Harry Caul--symbolizing the character's emotional infancy and also, phoentically, his profession. 'Caul' sounds like 'Call' and the man is, after all, a wire-tapper) to his raincoat (it's transparent). I could seriously write a dissertation on this film. The way Caul literally destroys the Virgin Mary in his search for privacy, the way he--in one scene--walks behind a transluscent tarp every time he hides the truth, the way he is eventually forced to listen through walls without electronic equipment when he is feeling the most impotent: this film is rich and thriving with inner puzzles, while remaining coherent and exciting on the pure plot level. Watch this immediately.
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
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very artistic
psychological and philosophical, this is a movie about the human condition. about loneliness, depression and the ability or the inability to know something and to be in control. i didn't like the movie - it's gloomy in a way that can really make you...
- 08.August.2008
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- by: fletcher.munson
- fletcher.munson rated this movie0/10
very artistic
psychological and philosophical, this is a movie about the human condition. about loneliness, depression and the ability or the inability to know something and to be in control. i didn't like the movie - it's gloomy in a way that can really make you depressed. it's really slow and the character portrayed by Gene Hackman is just sad. it's hard to watch but some say it's Coppola's best. I prefer the Godfather.
- 08.August.2008
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- by: fletcher.munson
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