Conversation

Pros: Acting, script, wonderful tension-building movie
Cons: Too slow for ADHD audiences...they, especially, should be FORCED to watch it!

Harry Caul is a professional eavesdropper. He's been one for twenty years, and has worked for government agencies, and because of his work, people have been imprisoned, won elections, even died. Harry doesn't care who he's "bugging," doesn't care what...

Pros: Coppola's Script/Direction, Look, Production, Sound, Score, & Performances including Gene Hackman.
Cons: None.

In the early 1970s, America was in a crucial spot with rising inflation, the falling out of the Vietnam War and most of all, the Watergate scandal that involved President Richard Nixon. Corruption, burglary, lies, and illegal wiretapping were ...

Pros: A magnificent collection of talent, some seen in a light that led to great careers.
Cons: Story: character driven; moves to a shattering, lonely human conclusion. Not for the Wham-Bam Set.

When Jim Hougan published *Spooks, his seminal study of a growing, almost unholy Post-World War II relationship of private eyes with business and government, he was confirming what Francis Ford Coppola had discerned, in probably the best single film the ...

Pros: writing, acting, directing, paranoia, 70s
Cons: n/a

It starts with a camera’s dazzling longshot from high above, a slow telephoto zoom that begins with a crowd and winds up with a person - or, rather, the back of a person’s head.  Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), supposed surveillance ...

Pros: Superb sound design, expert acting, intriguing thought-provoking story. Moody atmosphere.
Cons: Is the final scene unraveling a wee bit over the top?

Back in 1974, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation employed a soundtrack in such a creative and inventive way that the film acquired a greater vitality and expression of its themes and moods than had the filmmakers treated the movie as a ...

Pros: Terrific acting, directing, editing, cinematography, etc. One of the best cinematic character studies
Cons: Slow paced, dark, surreal and still too relevant.

With the recent revelations (More like flat out admittance), that the Bush Administration have been conducting illegal, non-court approved wiretapping and eavesdropping, I figured this was an appropriate time to dust off and take a look at this classic. ...

Pros: Intelligent script, brilliant direction, powerful ending, terrific Gene Hackman performance.
Cons: None.

Francis Coppola's The Conversation is often called one of the best films of the 1970's. That, of course, is a difficult thing to judge, but there's no denying it's a terrific movie—one not to be missed. Gene Hackman plays Harry ...

Pros: Excellent performance by Hackman. Decent script and direction. Old school analog bugging equipment a hoot.
Cons: Pacing borders on slow. Looks a bit on the low-budget side.

"The Conversation" is the story of Harry Caul. Harry is the best recording artist on the West Coast. This isn't to say that he's in the music business. He records conversations between people. The movie opens with two people,a man and woman, walking ...

Pros: cast, script, cinematography
Cons: slow pace, characters

It is ironic that "The Conversation" was released the same year that Nixon resigned. Nixon was forced out of office largely because he was caught committing crimes on tape. And "The Conversation" is about the consequences of...

Pros: Suspenseful, good performances
Cons: Damn dated

The Conversation was not at all what I expected. From its premise, I was picturing another of those conspiracy adventures where someone stumbles upon inside information and is pursued by corporate bad guys. Instead, what this Francis Ford Copolla film...

Pros: the plot, the actors, the director
Cons: no

This has to be one of the best movies from the seventies. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and with Gene Hackman as the main character. It is very intriguing and simply brilliant.
The Conversation is about a surveillance expert, played by Gene...

Pros: A thriller that slowly builds the tension
Cons: None

This great film is one of the ten best films, in my humble opinion. It starts out as a look at a routine recording job by a routine 'sound man', played by Gene Hackman, in one of his best roles ever. Hired to track a romantic liaison, he slowly and...