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Mar. 2nd, 2025 11:02 amIn honor of the passing of Gene Hackman, I decided to screen one of his movies last night. (And whatever you can say about Hackman's passing, at age 95 untimely is not one of them.) I decided to watch a movie I've heard a lot about over the years but never saw, the 1974 movie The Conversation.
In this movie, Hackman plays Harry Caul, a secretive and very button-downed surveillance operative. The movie is very 70s-ish: gritty, downbeat and not especially fast-paced. It's also, to modern eyes, anachronistic - rotary phones and phone booths abound. Having said all of that, Hackman does a very good job portraying a not-very-sympathetic character.
In this movie, Hackman plays Harry Caul, a secretive and very button-downed surveillance operative. The movie is very 70s-ish: gritty, downbeat and not especially fast-paced. It's also, to modern eyes, anachronistic - rotary phones and phone booths abound. Having said all of that, Hackman does a very good job portraying a not-very-sympathetic character.
