Description
Science on Screen: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola (Rialto, 4K restoration)
1974, USA, Thriller / Drama
From Harry Caul's secret recordings to Flock cameras, facial recognition, AI, and the vast systems that track our movements and behavior, what does privacy mean when surveillance is everywhere, and increasingly invisible?
Blurb:
Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), an obsessive, secretive surveillance expert, is hired to record a young couple's conversation as they walk through San Francisco's Union Square. When he begins to suspect his employer has a darker ulterior motive, Caul has a crisis of conscience, fearing the couple he's spying on will be murdered. Considered the artistic high point of Coppola's career, the film conjures a dark atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion, a precursor to today's surveillance society.
Theatre
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
