It's an absolute treat, right the way through. Wouldn't change a thing.andyman wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 5:17 am Since I got a projector, I'm slowly making my way through a bunch of classics I never got around to watching.
Last night it was The Conversation.
I expected to be slightly bored by it, but It's actually kind of a perfect film. More than the really simple, but intelligently written noir plot, and the as-to-be-expected great editing and cinematography, the mood of the film is what really struck me. The surprisingly great jazz soundtrack paired with Caul's sense of isolation and loneliness (the sets like the huge empty warehouse in which he works, how alone he is in every scene) evokes a mood I can't quite put my finger on.
It's a great example of stripping everything away until you're left with brilliant, economical story-telling.
Except maybe the dream sequence. I would have cut that part.
Now get yourself a bottle in and settle down with Scarecrow.
