Review of The Conversation (1974) by Alasdair B — 20 Dec 2015
A study of the interior world of a wire-tapper. One can see how his psychological and moral underpinnings struggles with the information he gathered. The dubious yet innate nature of our pattern recognition, and the acquired sense of paranoid, in combination superimposes a particular interpretation as well as a moral impetus to act.
This movie asks the deeper question of what we do, what we do not do, and the modern "just doing my job" escape for all things. It has a touch of nihilistic despair and isolation in the brilliant and understated performance of Hackman.
This review of The Conversation (1974) was written by Alasdair B on 20 Dec 2015.
The Conversation has generally received very positive reviews.
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