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The Conversation

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In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola released The Conversation — a quiet, unsettling film about a man who hears too much and feels too little. At first glance, it’s a story about surveillance. But beneath the microphones and tape machines lies something far more human: guilt, loneliness, and the desperate need to stay unseen.

In this episode, we step inside the private world of Harry Caul — a surveillance expert haunted by the sounds he captures and the silence he can’t escape. We explore the film’s key themes, its haunting sound design, and its eerie foresight into our digital age — when we all became both watchers and the watched.

Further reading and viewing:

  • The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
  • Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
  • Klute (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)
  • Michel Chion — Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen
  • Laura Mulvey — “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
  • Don DeLillo — White Noise (on paranoia, technology, and intimacy)

  continue reading

16 episodes

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Manage episode 519731543 series 1283797
Content provided by Tom J and Thomas Jennings. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Tom J and Thomas Jennings or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola released The Conversation — a quiet, unsettling film about a man who hears too much and feels too little. At first glance, it’s a story about surveillance. But beneath the microphones and tape machines lies something far more human: guilt, loneliness, and the desperate need to stay unseen.

In this episode, we step inside the private world of Harry Caul — a surveillance expert haunted by the sounds he captures and the silence he can’t escape. We explore the film’s key themes, its haunting sound design, and its eerie foresight into our digital age — when we all became both watchers and the watched.

Further reading and viewing:

  • The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
  • Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
  • Klute (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)
  • Michel Chion — Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen
  • Laura Mulvey — “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
  • Don DeLillo — White Noise (on paranoia, technology, and intimacy)

  continue reading

16 episodes

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