Re: [microsound] The Conversation ...not so OT

[Marc Weidenbaum <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's a pretty cool CD on Wordsound Records called 'Tapping the 
Conversation,' which is a kind of aural homage to the Coppola 
'Conversation' movie, but not employing any actual samples from the film. 
It's credited to the Bug, and it's a collaboration between DJ Vadim and 
Kevin Martin.

If you enjoyed the film -- and it's a great movie, one of my favorites -- 
you might want to see 'Enemy of the State.' It's much more recent, from the 
past few years, and it's a blockbuster-style thriller starring Will Smith. 
But it also features Gene Hackman in a leading role, coming close to 
reprising his role in the Conversation.

Marc

At 12:52 PM 11/17/2000 +0100, you wrote:

> I just saw that movie (from 1974 i think, by FF Coppola) featuring Gene
> Hackman, fellow Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall. It's playing again in a movie
> theatre here (prior to the new Apocalypse Now version i guess), and i must
> say it's a wonderful thrilling movie.
> For those who don't know, here's the story: a surveillance professional is
> hired to tape a couple's conversation by sophisticated means, and becomes
> obsessed by this apparently casual babbling, that possibly relates to some
> murder, filtering and fiddling around endlessly (partly with homemade gear)
> with the tapes to clearly hear all the words, and find a meaning to the
> thing. The sound approach is very interesting. I still have these bad
> reception electronic glitches from the recording floating in my head.
> To me that movie goes along monuments such as TH1138 and Farenheit 451 on
> the cult level.
> If you have the occasion, run to see it.
>
> emmanuel
>
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