Between this and THE PARALLAX VIEW
...if I have to choose, which one should I see?
I've seen (and really liked) ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN, don't know if that means I'd prefer Pakula again. Or having Redford as the star. :-)
Definitely Parralax View. For me PV is a more stylish, believable, sinster and exciting film and I think Warren Beatty's character is superb. This is a good film but nowhere near as thrilling as Parralax it seems rushed, has some sloppy scenes and the Dunnaway / Redford doesn't seem to work for me. All The Presidents Men is a different film with hardly any action to it but is utterly mesmerising and probably my favourite 70's thriller. 'Marathon Man' and 'The Conversationist' are also top-notch conspiracy thrillers and worth buying if you haven't seen them.
shareI think you meant "The Conversation", that Coppola flick with Gene Hackman?
And I find Condor to be superior. Parallax view just seems sloppy. All the president's men is my top 3. Or even top 2. It's I think the only film I've watched over 100 times. But Pakula just missed something in PV. That's just my opinion, of course.
Agree. The Parallax view was just a little less neat, and it did a worse job of making technology look plausible, which bugged me.
Interesting bit of being historical is the convention: watch the convention scene in Manchurian Candidate, then this, then flip on the TV when conventions come to town this year. Yipes did they grow up fast.
But, of the two, certainly both. I mean, unless you only have 2 hours to live.
As far back as I can remember (I watched it some times ago), "The parallax view" was much more pessimistic, while "The three days of the Condor" is better as a thriller.
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