Review of Three Days of the Condor (1975) by Andy C — 28 Sep 2007
This film should be part of the national curriculum in schools teaching modern history. It accurately predicted in 1975 what is happening now in Iraq - and that's what makes it more terrifying than the opening 15 minutes.
It's also a story of brains over brutality, loneliness and is worth seeing for the final two scenes. Max Von Sydow is chilling, yet sympathetic as a hired killer and delivers one of the best lines as he justifies his profession, "No need to believe in sides - the truth is in your own precision".
Beautifully shot, if perhaps a little glossy at times, and the final freeze frame where Redford merges into shot with the Salvation Army is stunning, although slightly over-symbolised. Unbelieveably, It was written by Lorenzo Semple Jnr who wrote the screenplay for the Batman film 10 years previously! See it.
This review of Three Days of the Condor (1975) was written by Andy C on 28 Sep 2007.
Three Days of the Condor has generally received positive reviews.
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