A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
- Mister Arn5. mai 2026“The Conversation” moves slowly, and if you’re not paying attention, it can feel like it’s dragging. It’s built around paranoia and context. You hear the same conversation, but you don’t really know what it means at first. As more information comes in, the meaning shifts, and that’s exactly what happens to the main character. Gene Hackman is strong here. He plays a closed-off, paranoid man who starts to question the consequences of his work. He makes his living from it, but as the outcome becomes clearer, it begins to weigh on him, and he tries to take control of something that’s already slipping. If you give it your attention and let it unfold, it delivers. If you don’t, it can feel slow and like it never quite gets there.
- stuhannaford26. mai 2025Whilst an interesting character analysis of the parallels of conversing and conversation, observation and observed, expert and novice, the story is incredibly thin. It’s difficult to imagine the film succeeding without Hackman, and even then, there are painfully long sequences, that are, dare I say it, boring. Perhaps it’s to give the feeling of the tedium of surveillance itself, but it’s a long, hard watch and listen.
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The Conversation ble utgitt 12. april 1974.
The Conversation ble regissert av Francis Ford Coppola.
The Conversation har en spilletid på 1t, 53m.
The Conversation ble produsert av Francis Ford Coppola.
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Hovedpersonene i The Conversation er Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), Stan (John Cazale), William P. 'Bernie' Moran (Allen Garfield).
The Conversation har aldersgrensen PG.
The Conversation er en Crime, Drama, Mystery.
The Conversation har en publikumsvurdering på 8.9 av 10.
The Conversation hadde et budsjett på USD 1,6 mill..
The Conversation har tjent USD 4,8 mill. på kino.