Can't get over how much the ending resembles the Snowden matter, with Snowden as the Redford character.
Still one of the greatest thrillers ever written (and it's uncanny how much the first Bourne film mimics this; basically, the first Bourne film = Total Recall + Three Days of the Condor).
I see the parallels.
But Snowden and Condor weren't the same at all.
Snowden purposely collected intelligence information and released it to the world for philosophical reasons that have to do with his perception of "right to know" and he's on the run because of legal reasons.
Condor was just a victim--wrong place at the wrong time--and he's running for his life.
He did what he did with the info in order to try to save his life--by giving information to the NYT on what he knows, he's hoping that will call off the dogs who are trying to kill him before he reveals what he knows. But as we saw, when Cliff Robertson told him what if they don't print it, he was saying if they don't and you remain the one person who knows, then we'll still need to kill you....
Completely different scenario.
Exactly. Plus, the movie predates the Iraq invasion more than anything. After all, that was the whole reason for the plot. Bogus intel, resulting in an invasion of an oil-rich middle east country.
shareBut Snowden and Condor weren't the same at all.
Snowden purposely collected intelligence information and released it to the world for philosophical reasons that have to do with his perception of "right to know" and he's on the run because of legal reasons.
"not proven to be unconstitutional?" that's a bizarre statement.
The NSA is tapping directly into the central servers of Verizon, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple, and soon Dropbox – and extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable them to track your movements and know everything you say and do.
Yahoo tried to withold it's customers private information from the NSA and Obama threatened them with *huge* fines until they complied.
This is the kind of behavior you expect in China or Nazi Germany. Not in a supposedly free country.
Anything on the internet is get-at-able . . . most everyone most know this . . . one way to secure info . . . don't put anything on-line!
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All your money in the bank is "get-at-able" too. Would you just shrug and say "oh well" if your government decided to seize it?
Of course not. You'd raise holy hell.
Your comment reflects a high level of ignorance.