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Enemy of the State revisited

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It's making the rounds on Cable/SAT and I saw it again. Pretty good and forward thinking in regard to government intrusion and the marriage between the NSA and the phone companies.

The coolest things are:

1) Gene Hackmans character is shown with a picture of Harry Caul(Call?) from his great role in "The Conversation". This happens when the NSA figures out who he is.

2) The bad guy is played by Jon Voight and his birthday is September 11th.

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Question "Authority", the mainstream media sucks - Go Independent and hold BOTH parties accountable instead of just the other guys!

I need music to help forget the reality of today

Follow Ups:

RE: Enemy of the State revisited - grantv 12:09:38 06/22/09 (10)
Great flick, really liked it. I liked the scene on the roof, where Gene is talking about technology...
Never heard of The Conversation, but I'll have to check it out one day. I like Gene Hackman, and the IMDB write-up sounds interesting....
When in Enemy did they expose Jon's BDay? Not too many movies discuss birth dates.
- you gotta watch The Conversation - PhilJ 14:23:05 06/22/09 (8)
  it rivals Coppola's best. Set aside a special evening to watch it and do yourself a favor. The technology is dated but the movie lives on, in my mind, like few others...
  
  thanks
  
  Phil
  - The Conversation is great! - Harmonia 09:34:23 06/23/09 (3)
    One of the very best movies of the 70s, one of the best American movies ever, and hands down my favorite Coppola film.
    Gene Hackman's best role and that's saying something.
    The last scene says it all. I *love* this movie. It is a MUST see for all serious movie fans.
    
    Edits: 06/23/09 06/23/09
    - And since we're at AA.... - powermatic 20:24:34 06/26/09 (0)
      be sure to look at the 'mono' gear at Hackman's apartment-I think it was a Rek-O-Kut turntable.
      
      "dammit"
    - Intensely emotional, and Hackman is brilliant. nt - Dave Mester 07:27:44 06/25/09 (0)
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    - In my top ten ever for sure!! n/t - Awe-d-o-file 19:54:47 06/23/09 (0)
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      Question "Authority", the mainstream media sucks - Go Independent and hold BOTH parties accountable instead of just the other guys!
      
      I need music to help forget the reality of today
  - DePalma's "Blow-out" is its equal. Exciting, fast-paced, and clever. Travolta is fantastic. nt - tinear 19:37:14 06/22/09 (3)
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    - "Blow-out" is very good and often underrated. - Harmonia 09:45:24 06/23/09 (2)
      However.
      
      I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the "equal" of The Conversation. It's well worth seeing, and surely one of Depalma's best, but it's not at possess the quality or sophistication of The Conversation, or even its inspiration, Antonioni's Blow Up. Blow Up remains indelibly a movie of its time but it still packs plenty of power with unforgettable images and a wonderful use of ambient sound - the park becomes one of the characters in the film. Blow Out is louder, brassier, more "pop", but imminently watchable.
      
      You could have a super mid-century paranoia triple bill with The Conversation, Blow-Up and Blow Out.
      - I've always admired, "The Conversation" but - tinear 06:19:49 06/24/09 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "Blow-out" is very good and often underrated. posted by Harmonia on June 23, 2009 at 09:45:24
        
        found it a little dry, a little of a cerebral appreciation. It just never grabbed me like others such as "The Parallax View," or "Three Days of the Condor."
        "Blow-out" doesn't have the more formal dramatic perfection of the Coppola film but TO ME it's as good for the sheer energy, suspense, and brilliant pacing. Allen is properly vulnerable and Lithgow is terribly menacing, almost as much so as Olivier in "The Marathon Man."
        I'm driven to say that I think "Blow-up" is at another higher--- far higher--- level than either other film. Antonioni made many landmark, truly great films and I think it belongs up there with any of its more famous, critically appreciated films.
        
        Blow Up... - Harmonia 11:05:09 06/24/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I've always admired, "The Conversation" but posted by tinear on June 24, 2009 at 06:19:49
        
        ...stands apart from much of Antonioni's oevre. I just saw it again recently and it's still very powerful.
        
        Maybe I'm more "cerbral", who knows? The Conversation is tremendously exciting to me. :-)
        
        I like Spock over Captain Kirk too.
- The Conversation - mishmashmusic 12:15:12 06/22/09 (0)
  Highly recommended, a great film --- one of Hackman's best efforts, IMHO...
One of the best Will Smith vehicles.... - mr grits 11:19:39 06/21/09 (0)
the sub tag was that everything shown in the film was possible at that point in time. Frightening.

NO GRITS NO GLORY

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