The Conversation

A paranoid and expert electronic surveillance bugger is convinced his suspects are going to be murdered by his employer, he decides he has to investigate further.
A story about invasion of privacy, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The Conversation was far too long and was drawn out especially the first scene. In my opinion some scenes were far too long, slow and bleak are the words to describe it. For me it was not stimulating at all.

The main character Harry Caul, played by Gene Hackman, fitted hand in hand with his job, a lonely character clearly obsessed and protective of his job. There was great character depth but the story failed there didn't seem to have great conflict, just a man getting wound up by his own works.

The use of sound throughout was impressive there is a range of taped and muffled voices, electronic sounds and ambient noises and also instruments. The use of a whole closely researched, Erie sound scape added to the paranoia and loneliness of the character and strangeness of the film.
The Sound scape and character were the strong points in this film but the story was not intriguing.