The Conversation is a 1974 American neo-noir [2] mystery thriller film written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert who faces a moral dilemma when his recordings reveal a potential murder.

The Conversation (1974) is a cult psychological thriller that mixes old-fashioned noir with modern fears of technology. The cinematography, lighting and soundtrack are especially memorable, and – together with the sense of urban isolation – reminiscent of the mood of …

Dec 15, 2020 · During summer breaks, I would stay up until 3AM, gorging nightly on black-and-white movies. That’s where I fell hard for film noir, thanks to the 1951 drama, Ace in the Hole. The story – about a jaded reporter who milks a tragedy to …

Apr 24, 2023 · It's like four or five weird idioms in a row, and Bogart delivers them all in one speech. Right after the cops wake him up to accuse him of killing Miles Archer. Some that I use from out of the past: “Let's go down to the bar. We can cool off while we try to impress each other.” “I never found out much listening to myself.”

Jul 8, 2024 · As Francis Ford Coppola’s neo-noir thriller The Conversation returns to cinemas with a new 4K restoration for its 50th anniversary, we revisit our original review of the film from July 1974, in which writer David Wilson described Coppola’s script as “Hitchcockian” in its skill while, also, questioning its fixed perspective.

diverse conversation (cluster concept) involving a number of diverse, interacting human ways, so noir’s treatment of love and family can run from simply idealism to simple nihilism and numerous configurations in between.

Dec 19, 2018 · If you like noir and have Turner Classic Movies on your Cable or Satellite, they show a lot of them, especially on Noir Alley, a program with some cool commentary before and after the film. Here are some of my favorite lines, starting out …

The Conversation (1974) A true compendium of post-Watergate American fears, but also a beautiful example of auteur cinema that embraces Kafkaesque and Orwellian themes, excellently channeled into the neo-noir genre. Directed with mastery and acted with equal skill by its performers : r/noir.

Discussions of noir often centre on visual and specifically cinematic elements – on things like low-key lighting, chiaroscuro effects, deep focus photography, extreme camera angles and expressionist distortion.

The primary moods of classic film noir were melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt, desperation and paranoia.