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The Conversation (1974)

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Re: The Conversation (1974)

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/ This movie is boring, BTW.

Reading up a little on it beforehand may make you appreciate it more, the movie is really an pivotal moment in the development of sound design as a core aspect of film making. I know the first time I saw it I found it boring as well, but then a second viewing after reading up on it was much more enjoyable.

http://www.philipbrophy.com/projects/mma/Conversation.html

http://cinephilefix.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-power-of-so...

Re: The Conversation (1974)

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This movie is like Nap. Dynamite. People either love it or hate it. It seems rather dull till last part. When you see the last part man what an ending... There should have been a sequel, btw. However, EotS is completely different. Former is about individuals with no political motives at all. Latter is all political.

Re: The Conversation (1974)

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Enemy Of The State [1], the Tony Scott Joint, is a sort of follow-on, sort of homage to The Conversation , which is in my opinion the best American movie ever made. It's a worthy double bill. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/

Although enjoyable, and a film I'd recommend as a good fun movie, it's not in the same league as The Conversation.

Re: The Conversation (1974)

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Enemy Of The State [1], the Tony Scott Joint, is a sort of follow-on, sort of homage to The Conversation , which is in my opinion the best American movie ever made. It's a worthy double bill. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/

Although enjoyable, and a film I'd recommend as a good fun movie, it's not in the same league as The Conversation.

Of course not, but as a companion piece, it's plenty fun.

Re: The Conversation (1974)

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/ This movie is boring, BTW.

netflix thinks i will give it 4.6 stars...did you like The Lives of Others? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

I think "The lives of others" was a great movie. I'd recommend it.

Re: The Conversation (1974)

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Sorry, Netflix is not available in your country yet.

Non-US citizen here. I bounce off a Linode in the US (which I require for other purposes anyway; there are surely cheaper options).

SSH has a baked-in SOCKS proxy. Example: I SSH into my VPS with the "-D 55555" commandline option, configure my browser to use a SOCKS proxy at localhost:55555, and visit www.netflix.com. That HTTP traffic is tunneled over the SSH connection, and as far as Netflix is concerned, it originates at the US datacenter hosting my VPS.

http://wiki.vpslink.com/Instant_SOCKS_Proxy_over_SSH

Re: The Conversation (1974)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't remember what they predicted, but since I usually like Gene Hackman movies it was likely 3-4 stars. I gave it 2, way too boring for even a 70's movie.

Most of the best movies are from the 70s! Kids these days...

Hey now! I was a kid in the 70's, and I'm a fan of a number of the movies made. Just not this one :)
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