The Conversation (1974) watch along
Added 2025-04-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTCHoly Crap. PURE ART.
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Cool pickups on "Caul" and the "security camera" movements!
JM63
2025-04-06 18:58:23 +0000 UTCSuch a great movie. I think this is only the third time I've seen it, and previously missed little things that I noticed now, such as: -- Harry's last name, CAUL, is a word for a membrane that in rare cases covers a newborn baby; the cheap plastic raincoat that Harry wears is an echo. -- The camera in Harry's apartment, at the beginning and end of the film, moves like a security camera, panning left and right, but not doing anything conventional like following the action or actors. There's no reason for the pans back and forth at the very end, except to invoke the feeling that Harry is being watched. I'm sure there's much more like this that I will have to watch again to catch. Also, trivia: the piano score was composed by David Shire, at the time the husband of Talia Shire, who in addition to playing Adrian Pennino Balboa is also Francis Ford Coppola's sister (as well as the mother of Jason Schwartzman, star of Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" and others) as well as the aunt of Sophia Coppola, Nicolas Cage, and Roman Coppola. Really enjoyed the reaction!!!
Walt
2025-04-03 21:40:52 +0000 UTCJohn Cazale had a small role in this movie, but he was truly an amazing actor playing mostly unlikable characters. He died too young of lung cancer.
Joe R
2025-04-03 04:02:58 +0000 UTC
