I had a brief chat *conversation* with a pal this morning about The Conversation:

colin
10:39
i never realized hackman could do THAT

c
10:39
his best film – period
he was great as lex luthor, too, tho ; )

colin
10:39
the final shot of him in the room
all alone

c
10:39
seriously

colin
10:39
all torn up
playing saxophone
that’s all he has left
raw nerves and a saxophone
forshadowed by his earlier statement
“i have nothing personal, nothing of value”
DAMN
and then….
fin
the end
that’s it!
no happy ending
no clean resolution
no “justice”

c
10:41
that’s why i love it the MOST

colin
10:41
it just is

c
10:41
films with tidy endings are nice
but my favorites don’t seem to have them

colin
10:41
yes
you have to make the ending yourself
what is hackman going to do?
was han solo really aligned w/ the girl the whole time?

c
10:42
lol
“you’re not supposed to feel anything. You’re just supposed to do it”

colin
10:42
yes
“all I want is a nice fat recording”
if that movie was made nowadays
it would have a huge car chase scene
and some weird heroine with a cat
and it might actually be called “assassins”

c
10:44
totally
not enough dressing ie double-glazing

colin
10:44
the whole movie was brimming with raw nerves though
usually when I’m watching films on the road i have it in a smaller window while I research shit in the bg
but not this time
totally sucked in

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c