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“A complex, reverberating study of a man trapped by guilt”: Coppola’s The Conversation reviewed in 1974
As Francis Ford Coppola’s neo-noir thriller The Conversation returns to cinemas with a new 4K restoration for its 50th anniversary, we revisit our original review of the film from July 1974, in which writer David Wilson described Coppola’s script as “Hitchcockian” in its skill while, also, questioning its fixed perspective.
By David Wilson
“A complex, reverberating study of a man trapped by guilt”: Coppola’s The Conversation reviewed in 1974