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Three Days of the Condor
(1975)
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Directed
by:
Sydney Pollack |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Political thriller |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Tre
dager for Condor |
RUNNING
TIME
117 minutes |
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Produced
by:
Stanley
Schneider |
Written by
(based on the novel by James Grady):
Lorenzo Semple
Jr.
David Rayfiel |
Review
Accompanied by a chic jazzy score and an ever-fashionable
Robert Redford sporting his golden blonde locks, this 1975 political
paranoia thriller opens promisingly with a welcoming intro followed by a
suspense-building hit. What follows is an abundance of smokescreens and
wild-goose chases designed to keep you, as a viewer, just as much in the
dark as Redford’s character. Going underground in New York City, he
resorts to everything from top 1970s tech-savviness to a rather
unpleasant Stockholm-syndrome-like seduction of a Faye Dunaway character with a
worrying lack of integrity. It’s not quite as sharp as the Redford character’s
fashion sense, but you may just find yourself going along with it –
especially if you were around to experience the post-Watergate paranoia
that existed at the time.
Re-reviewed:
Copyright
© 06.12.2024
Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
Original review: Copyright © 29.03.2003
Fredrik Gunerius Fevang |
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