Great, great movie, a 1970s spy classic. The reboot TV version, Condor, is surprisingly good: an intelligent, well-written TV version that doesn't insult the original and actually goes into new, unexpected directions.
Dated? Is there anything from 1975 that isn't dated. Trying to understand the significance of the comment.
Sydney Pollack directed two of my favourite films of the 70's. 3 Days of The Condor and The Yakuza. The music for these films was composed by Dave Grusin who did a perfect job at giving them beautiful scores. The casting here is also splendid. I think Faye Dunaway was great at showing the conflicting emotions within her character. Von Sydow as the calculated gun for hire was brilliant. I watch this film once a year and it's always a treat. I've also really enjoyed the TV series. Brendan Fraser and Kristoffer Polaha were really solid in it.
I saw it at the movie theater in 75 and I still watch it at least once a year. I like that's "dated" because the 70's were my favorite decade. You're right, what from 1975 isn't date
Don't bother. Love Condor. I've rewatched it more times the last few years than any other. It certainly fits within that 70s paranoia/espionage run of films but the first rate cast, some amazing camerawork and yeah, Pollock's touch (though I've yet to characterize just what that is), put it above the pack from that era. It's currently streaming on Paramount + and free (w/ads) on Plutotv.
I did enjoy it but did find it more date than the other 70's 'paranoia' classics, like The Conversation or All The Presidents Men' which for me stand up as classics. Sorry if using the word dated upsets anyone.
I can dig that but neither are nearly as interesting visually or plot-wise, imo. Once you've seen Presidents or Conversation the thrill of the discovery is gone. But Condor continually intrigues because it's so fascinating watching Redford out-maneuver a completely unknown opponent through a physical and mental game of mortal survival. He's like an "Everyman" in his suddenly new reality where Warren Beatty and Gene Hackman are specialists of a kind, so they seem to have more agency or control of their destinies. Redford is out there on his own. I think that aspect taps into a fear to which everyone can relate.
Dated? Higgins: Not now - then! Ask 'em when they're running out. Ask 'em when there's no heat in their homes and they're cold. Ask 'em when their engines stop. Ask 'em when people who have never known hunger start going hungry. You wanna know something? They won't want us to ask 'em. They'll just want us to get it for 'em!
Three Days Of The Condor is one of my favorites. I’m really looking forward to the Kino Lorber 4K release coming out later this year. I got to see an outdoor screening of it once in Bryant Park in NYC in the summer. Pretty cool to experience it with the city surrounding you.
I think you're getting confused. Redford is in Presidents, Beatty is in I assume you mean the Parallax View, which I didn't mention. All great films to enjoy anyway, I love that era.
