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They don't make them like they used to
This movie is 70s political paranoia at its finest. Robert Redford is a CIA paper shuffler who is forced on the run when he returns from lunch to find that all of his colleagues have been murdered. He's not a field agent and so he has no training in what to do. Nor does he know who he can trust within the CIA to help him. In the end he abducts a surprisingly demure Faye Dunaway and together they conspire to turn the tables on his pursuers.

This is a good film which has aged somewhat but it still makes for exciting viewing. The photography of New York is quite stunning. It is poignant watching it now as a good part of the action takes place in and around the World Trade Towers. I really enjoy Sydney Pollack as a director - you can tell that he likes actors and that they like working for him. Redford in particular is very good in this film.

The DVD comes with no extras to speak of, which is a disappointment.

A VERY WELL STRUCTURED THRILLER.
"Three Days Of The Condor" is the fourth collaboration between director Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford, and they did a very addictive film. The movie is a thriller that is amusing, interesting and addictive from beginning to end.

"Three Days Of The Condor" has a very interesting cast. Of course, Robert Redford in the role of "Condor" is the highlight, but also appearing in supporting roles are: Faye Dunaway as Kathy, a small but significant character. Cliff Robertson as the enigmatic Higgins and Max Von Sydow as Joubert, a lethal and elegant assassin.

"Three Days Of The Condor" is a very amusing film with a lot of plot twists that will keep the viewer interested in the story. Pay special attention to the plot, because it's a very well structured story, "Three Days Of The Condor" is a clever movie, with good performances, this movie requires an active audience, because the plot is changing almost every five minutes.

Dated and Often Bizarre Thriller Amusing only to Old People
Like probably most people who were born well after Watergate broke, I became interested in seeing this film after seeing it lumped in numerous times with other paranoid conspiracy thrillers of the era, most notably Coppola's The Conversation and Pakula's The Parallax View. Those are two outstanding films, and Pollack's effort doesn't hold a candle to either. This movie is a disaster. Despite a dynamite opening act and a somewhat intriguing conclusion, together with a modicum of timeliness and poignancy with regard to real-world goings-on at the CIA, the vast majority of the film is spent slogging through dated fight choreography, awkward sex scenes, and some of the most atrocious dialogue ever committed to the silver screen. Faye Dunaway is particularly off-putting in a muted and emotionally confusing performance as a photographer who always blathers on about metaphorical pictures she keeps hidden away and only lets some people see.

Only Cliff Robertson and Max von Sydow escape unscathed from this silly, dated picture, resisting Redford's overacting and turning in fine performances (although Robertson's hair is perhaps the film's greatest mystery). To make matters worse, the soundtrack sounds like pornography, a perfectly awful mix of xylophone and smooth jazz.

For a much better time, please consider The Parallax View. If you have your heart set on Pollack, just watch The Firm, and you'll get the paranoia, the chasing and spying, and the pretty male lead, while what you sacrifice in political overtone you will gain in character development. I really thought I had something special when I took this home to watch it; it began with such promise. Truly it does not compare to the emotional wallop of Gene Hackman's Harry Caul, nor the mind-blowing psychadelic tension of Pakula's government coverups. Of this trio of would-be master Seventies spy storytellers, Sidney Pollack is the odd man out.

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