The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola · 1974 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

Harry Caul, the best surveillance man in the business, records a couple walking circles in a crowded San Francisco square and cannot stop replaying the tape. A phrase buried in it convinces him the client means them harm, and he will not hand the reels over. A man who hears everything and understands nothing.

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• influenced by ↑ Steppenwolf
  Hermann Hesse · 1927 CE · Novel

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