Hackman really gets inside this worthless little weasel of a man who has chosen as his life's profession wiretapping people . This is an outstanding performance in a difficult non expressive role.
Shot on interesting San Francisco locations with a really small budget, Coppola used a lot of excellent acting talent such as John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Cindy Williams (before she sold her soul to Laverne and Shirley), Harrison Ford and Andrew Garfield.
Coppola has certainly had his share of career highs and lows, but this is a film that completely succeeds as a character study and as a very good thriller as well.
Sound design (which is a really big deal in this film) and editing were by Walter Murch who was probably as responsible for the finished film as Coppola was.
113 minutes, written by Francis Ford Coppola.
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