Post by ck100 on Apr 7, 2024 6:14:00 GMT
Any fans of this movie from writer/director Francis Ford Coppola starring Gene Hackman? 1974 was probably one of the best years of Coppola's life and career with this movie and "The Godfather Part II" being so successful critically and commercially. Like with "The Godfather Part II", it also got its share of Oscar nominations although it didn't win any unlike "Godfather II" which did. I think even Gene Hackman considers this movie one of his favortie movies of his own as well as one of his favorite performances of his own. The movie is praised for Hackman's performance as well as its tense atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
The Conversation (1974) - 4 out of 4 stars
"Brilliant film about obsessive surveillance expert (Hackman) who makes professional mistake of becoming involved in a case, and finds himself entangled in murder and high-level power plays. Coppola's top-notch, disturbing script makes larger statements about privacy and personal responsibility. An unbilled Robert Duvall has a cameo. One of the best films of the 1970s."
