THE CONVERSATION (1974) | Movie Reaction

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First time watching and reacting to The Conversation (1974) movie.
The music in this movie is really something else. Mysterious, tense, horrifying. I love it and hate it at the same time.
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My 2nd theory (which I believe is more likely) is the director hired Harry. Harry got the tapes. The assistant director, Martin, tries to corrupt or destroy the tapes (because Martin is on the guy and girl's side) but is stopped by Harry.
I'll refer to the Guy & Girl as "G&G" from here on.
Martin immediately informs G&G that their conversation has been leaked. The three of them then plan the director's murder. Harry starts acting strange and Martin got worried that Harry might destroy the tapes. After all, for their murder plan to work, the director must listen to the tapes.
Martin hires Meredith to steal the tapes. Meredith has no qualms doing that because it's "a job. You're not supposed to feel anything about it. You're just supposed to do it. That's all."
Now Martin has the tapes. He gets the director to listen to it. He persuades the director to confront G&G at the Jack Tar hotel and the rest is history...
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@glennwisniewski9536 8 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Cindy Williams (August 22, 1947 - January 25, 2023) and Frederic Forrest (December 23, 1936 - June 23, 2023).

@TTM9691 8 ай бұрын

Oh man, that's right, both of them passed this year, I had forgotten about Frederic Forrest. We're getting old, Glenn!

@mikeduplessis8069 8 ай бұрын

This was a BIG film when it first came out. Nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards, won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival. Its a shame this film has almost disappeared.

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

The movie may feel a little slow, but it's actually quite good. It builds you up all the way to the climax. Not for those seeking a quick thrill.

@McZorr0101 4 ай бұрын

Gene Hackman’s role as Edward "Brill" Lyle in the 1998 film Enemy of the State, co-starring Will Smith, was an obvious call back to The Conversation. Hackman, again, played a seemingly slightly paranoid surveillance expert whose caution turned out to be wholly justified

@retrotero76 8 ай бұрын

John Cazale's case is interesting because he was only in 5 movies before he died... and all those 5 movies were nominated for Best Picture (some even won).

@AceMoonshot 8 ай бұрын

What is kind of weird is Merle Streep was living with him when he died. Then her career took off gangbusters. Some kind of magic then and there.

@flibber123 8 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. One thing I love about it is the irony. Harry thinks he's a big deal. He's the top spy in the business. He lives a very guarded life. In his mind, he's immune from anyone doing to him what he does to other people. But as the movie plays out we slowly start to see that there is a whole other level of people ABOVE Harry. He's not even close to the top. And by the end of the movie we see that Harry himself realizes just how small he really is. He tore apart the entire place yet he is no freer than when he started. He thought he was one of the people staring at the goldfish swimming around in the bowl, but he has been one of the goldfish in the bowl whole time.

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

Indeed. People are innovating new surveillance tech all the time (as we can see at the convention). Even Harry fell for the "pen trick". It was something he had never encountered before, so it's impossible to take safety measures against it. He thought of every trick he knew to locate the bug in his apartment, but he can't uncover what he doesn't understand. He's a big fish in a small pond. But there are bigger predators in the ocean.

@TTM9691 8 ай бұрын

Great analysis, and also very much like another 1974 movie he may be watching soon, "Chinatown". (it was on one of his recent polls).

@andbrittain 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Henry for another great reaction and thankyou for sheading more light on this story that has long been a favorite of mine however I see now that I didn't fully get the picture. I had never connected Martin to the murder conspiracy or realised that the conversation was a set up to lure the director to his death. I assumed Martin was on the same side as the director and that Harry simply missuderstood a spontaneous conversation which fed into his paranoia. I obviously missed a lot of clues that make the story more complex and sinister than anything I imagined so once again thankyou very much. Also for some reason I no longer recall I felt that the microphone hidden in Harry's home was in his saxaphone not that this is that importat to the story. Cheers Henry!

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

Since we watch this movie from Harry Caul's perspective, the truth is difficult to discern. There's more than one way to interpret it, and what I mentioned in the video as well as the YT description are just the theories I feel is most likely 😊. Oh, he destroyed everything except his saxophone! I missed that. I don't know how a saxophone could be bugged, but you might be right 👍

@doggiesarus 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking, is that Fredric Forrest? (Chef in Apocalypse Now). And Cindy Williams/Harrison Ford -- American Grafittii was probably their next film.

@TTM9691 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant, brilliant commentary! I love what you were saying about the piano score; it gives such a sense of loneliness, isolation and mystery. I love this movie and loved this reaction. (and also: the edit! Excellent edit!). Other Coppola movies? I think you've seen his greatest films now: the two Godfathers, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now. I do like two films he did during the 80s: "Rumble Fish" and "Tucker: A Man And His Dream" but he never did anything that equals those four 70s films, those are the four essential Coppola movies to see. And now you've seen them! Congratulations!

@AceMoonshot 8 ай бұрын

I forgot about Rumble Fish. Yeah, his best films were in the 70s. Although I liked Tucker, it was mainly for the cast.

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊 Absolutely, the piano score really stood out to me in this film. I'll add them to my list then 👍🏻 Even though they might not equal his greatest films, it's worth checking out.

@mikefoster6018 8 ай бұрын

Superb film. Cool reaction. The John Travolta film Blow Out (1981) has some strong similarities. I love these paranoia movies of the time, such as The Parallax View (1974) (which came out in the same year as The Conversation), All The President's Men (1976) and Marathon Man (1976). Michael Douglas was cutting his teeth on his brand of 'man in trouble' paranoia in the 70s too, in Coma and The China Syndrome. So many great 70s movies especially. Gotta say that Douglas's (rarely mentioned) 1994 movie Disclosure is one of my guilty pleasure films. I read William Goldman's book on how he (co)wrote All The President's Men. He has really nice advice on how there are crazy things in real life that you actually can't put into movies because they'd seem too implausible. Because even movies must have an internal logic etc. An example he gives, if I remember right, is when someone broke into Buckingham Palace and stood near the Queen's bed.

@AceMoonshot 8 ай бұрын

The whole truth about the guy breaking in on the Queen may never really be known. There are various versions of the story. But what I recall the most is the Queen handled it like a...well, she handled it like a Queen. She was calm as hell. She offered him a cigarette and talked with him until help arrived. Which exposed the public to one of her secrets. That she was a smoker.

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

Nice 👍 I'll add those movies to my list. "there are crazy things in real life that you actually can't put into movies because they'd seem too implausible" I know right? 😂 Thanks for sharing! 😊

@TTM9691 8 ай бұрын

Blow Out is a rip off of Blow Up (an infinitely superior movie, completely groundbreaking, and pretty much the reason we have cursing, nudity and realistic violence in movies, it ended The Hayes Code). Both movies have strong similarities with Blow Up, that's the source. The Conversation does with sound what Blow Up does with photography. And then Blow Out is just a popcorn mediocrity of the same story. (I don't care what Quentin says about it, all of a sudden everyone in the world is talking about "Blow Out" because they heard Tarantino talking about it, lol. Tarantino: great director, but the WORST guy to take a movie recommendation from, bar none. 🤣 )

@AceMoonshot 8 ай бұрын

Excellent reaction. Gene Hackman is one of Hollywood's most respected actors. But many claim he is hard to work with because he expects his fellow actors to be as professional as he is. I know you get endless suggestions but soon as I saw you doing this one it made me think of two others from this period. The French Connection with Gene Hackman. Serpico with Al Pacino. Both are based on true stories. Edit* You mentioned how inconvenient pay phones were. Which is true. But back then, we thought otherwise. We thought they were quite handy. One thing though, movie or book plot-wise, is that cell phones are inconvenient. Now they have to spend time coming up with reason there is no reception etc. Harder to manufacture drama if they can easily just call for help etc. Much easier to do it back then when you could be isolated if away from a working landline.

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

I see. Well, he played the part of Harry Caul perfectly. His stuttering, slight nervousness when interacting with others. His closed off, loner personality. I only noticed after the first watch. I'll add those two movies to my list too 😉 I always welcome suggestions. Before mobile phones became a common thing, I'm sure payphones were very convenient (since you can't bring your home phone with you). Oh, I never thought about it that way 😂 Other than "no reception", they could also make the phone "run out of battery".

@TTM9691 8 ай бұрын

Gene Hackman has been known to be yell at directors, but it has nothing to do with "expecting other actors to be as prepared as he is" . Do people just make stuff up when they comment on these channels? The only people to ever talk about Gene Hackman (and his temper) are DIRECTORS. Every actor who has ever worked with him has pretty much sung his praises, I'm thinking of at leat three right off the top of my head, just for a start. Kevin Costner calls him the best actor he ever worked with. Never heard a bad word said about him by any of his co-stars, not one, always a director, and never about something specific (ie: you saying he expected blah blah blah to be as prepared as he was...lol). Have you ever been on a movie set? Do you understand what the process of making something is? If he was so difficult, he wouldn't have been CONSTANTLY cast in movie after movie from basically the late 60s until he retired.

@itt23r 8 ай бұрын

And the companion movie has Gene Hackman repising his role (sort of) in ENEMY OF THE STATE. As to Coppola I highly also recommend PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED.

@henryellow 8 ай бұрын

Sure, I'll add them to my list~ Thanks for your suggestions 😊

@jamesharper3933 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great reaction to this overlooked gem. This is one of those movies that I fell in love with the first time I watched it. "He'd kill US if he had the chance.". The emphasis on one word can change the whole meaning of the sentence. A few other great films from this period worth doing are: 1974 The Parallax View 1971 The French Connection (Gene Hackman, best picture) 1975 The Yakuza Thanks 👍

@henryellow 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😊 I'll add those to my list, thanks for your suggestions! 👍🏻