The Conversation

Gene Hackman has made one serious bloody lot of excellent films but none quite touch THE CONVERSATION. He'll even tell you that as he considers it his favorite film he's been involved in. Francis Ford Coppola wrote and directed this slice of 1970's paranoia telling the story of a government bug man who stumbles on to something he wished he hadn't. Hackman is simply perfection in his role as this loner surveillance man bringing a sense of sorrow you'll not find anywhere else in his work. Cindy Williams and Teri Garr offer the female supports with John Cazale and Harrison Ford siging in on the male side. Slow moving for sure, which only adds to the characters, THE CONVERSATION must be seen at least once.