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Stefan 2022-03-21 09:01:55

The audio video of a man and a woman talking in the square is played back and forth in the movie many times, each time you think you understand what they are talking about, but each time you find you are wrong. With the collection of various clues and evidence, you always think that you are getting closer and closer to the truth.
I don't know what the film says or shows to others, but to me it's a horrifying glimpse of my own vanity. See how you are being misled by your own emotions, your so-called logic, and even all kinds of objective evidence. Through the flesh-and-blood eyes and trembling rationality of human beings, how much of the so-called objectivity and truth can be seen clearly?
The film uses a most objective, repetitive image to show you your prejudices, self-righteousness, and delusions, and allows you to see for yourself your stupid wriggling consciousness and reason, like the full juice of a ripe berry, is So flexible and unreliable.
Beginning to realize that you are unbelievable may be the beginning of believing in yourself.

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  • Cary 2022-03-24 09:01:52

    Four and a half stars. Coppola's first Palme d'Or (later "Apocalypse Now"), 12 works between "The Godfather", a product after the "Watergate Incident", but the director's intention has risen to a higher level, exploring loneliness from the perspective of privacy 's heart. The same year as Polanski's "Chinatown" - the long opening shot is like a reversal of its closing shot, and the panning shot is like a "monitor" that allows the characters to be watched by the audience, which forms a strong intertextuality with the film itself. Using the difference of voices to create a truth reversal, Coppola is too good at playing with psychology here!

  • Chase 2022-04-21 09:02:07

    Second time watching. If you just want to watch a crime, suspense movie, you may feel cheated. The auditory, visual, and atmosphere are all done to the extreme, but the ending teased the audience. It can be said that the top 90% are genre films, while the bottom 5% are anti-genre films.

The Conversation quotes

  • Harry Caul: [upset, walking over to Martin seated] What are you doing here?

    Martin Stett: Take it easy I'm just a messenger. I brought you a drink.

    Harry Caul: I don't want your drink. Why are you following me?

    Martin Stett: I'm not following you. I'm looking for you, big difference.

  • Stan: Ha, ha. He's a nice guy for a cop.