The Conversation starring Gene Hackman was unquestionably a creative film; it took its audience into the world of spies and how much they could really find out about a person besides simple pictures. It also shows how one can become quite obsessed with spying on others as well as losing his marbles when he begins to think everyone is against him. It was remarkable to see how young Harrison Ford was in this movie; it must have been back when he first started acting, for if I didn't see his name in the credits I wouldn't have recognized him.
I liked the use of sound in this film, they used many different techniques to muffle and suppress what was being said when they 'tapped' the talk between the young lady and man in the square. There were many different specific and small things I enjoyed as well, like the paintings and pictures on the wall of his apartment, the idiosyncrasies Gene Hackman had, like how provoked he'd get when someone 'called the Lord's name in vain'.
It was interesting to see the colossal twist in the end, when it was already too late for him losing his mind, when things were different from what he had expected. The dream sequence was also quite satisfying and special, because it was the only time the audience was able to learn a bit more about him and his past and what made him the way he was at present.
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