The Conversation

I love to see collaboration that is apparent, yet invisible. The unity of Francis Coppola's vision and Walter Murch's ear in The Conversation creates something that beautifully compliments the other.

I 'm a sucker for interesting, well done sound design in a film. In respect to the marriage of audio and visual: when a sound effect propels the story, or an instrument tells me how to feel; I think that is what movies are. A harmony of audio and visual elements. Especially in this film do sound effects, music and silence create a mood or confusion and even lead you to think one thing, when in reality its the complete opposite.

I feel like this is one of those movies that only gets better with multiple viewings. Upon first seeing The Conversation it is apparent why Coppola considers this his favorite film. He crafts a suspense that is successful by todays standards, and provides the audience with moral questions pertaining to technology, secret intelligence and ultimately asks the question, "how much do we really want to know?"