30 years of difference

Casey 2021-12-08 08:01:44

It is said to be a textbook-like application example of movie sound, which is really good. Only thirty years later, such plots and characters now seem a bit hypocritical.
Harry's image may even look funny now. Several door lock room alarms were set up at home, but his female neighbor came to his room casually and left gifts...When she went to find her girlfriend, she was sneaky, but everything was seen by the woman... The woman confessed her emotional problems... If he is a little defenseless against women, but his competitor is a man, he also tapped his conversation casually. To sum it up: this guy is not cool at all, like a nasty fake tact. Maybe this guy was cool back then, but more than thirty years have passed.
In fact, when you think about it, the whole film misled the audience from the beginning. Not only because of the plot inside, even the director deliberately misled the audience. Let's not talk about the misleading suspicion that the eavesdropping object may be killed. On a larger level, all subsequent plots are based on the fact that the assistant to the president must take the recording privately. But this is obviously illogical, because the recording was deliberately intended for the president, and it was a trap. Harry had just handed in tasks on a routine basis, but why did that assistant have to do so? Because of something strange, Harry took back the tape and analyzed the speculation that the subject might have been killed.
As for the passage of the tape stolen from Harry... let alone what to say. Harry was completely under surveillance, and there was nothing wrong with finding a woman to approach him. But no matter how you think about it, you will feel that this is more complicated than stealing the tape directly, if the purpose is only to steal the tape.
In fact, the best part of this film is at night in Harry's lair. The lighting and pictures are so beautiful.

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  • Violette 2022-03-20 09:01:45

    In the end, Harry Cole was sitting in the house he demolished playing the saxophone. Gene Hackman's acting in this movie is amazing~~

  • Enid 2022-04-20 09:01:41

    The master of eavesdropping, because he knows this technology too well, but has nowhere to hide, where else can he hide, in the saxophone?

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