Name a movie scene you have never forgotten and where you can recite the dialogue within it verbatim?
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Richard65 · M
The scene in "The Conversation" where Gene Hackman's character listens back to the tape recording he made of a couple talking in secret. He hears a young man say, "He'll kill us if he got the chance." Hackman's character listens to that line several times, but it's only at the end of the film that he realises the man actually says, "He'll kill US if he gets the chance."
The shift in emphasis on the word "us" completely changes the context of the line and Hackman realises he's been completely mistaken throughout the entire film. It's an audacious piece of filmmaking, even more relevant today than it was in the 70s, when the movie was made.
The shift in emphasis on the word "us" completely changes the context of the line and Hackman realises he's been completely mistaken throughout the entire film. It's an audacious piece of filmmaking, even more relevant today than it was in the 70s, when the movie was made.
Richard65 · M
@Ferise1 Hackman is hired by a billionaire to secretly tape record his wayward daughter who has struck up a relationship with a young man. The billionaire is worried the young man is trying to marry his daughter just so he can get her money. As he secretly listens in, Hackman hears the young man say to the daughter, "He'll kill us if he gets the chance."
Hackman becomes convinced that the young couple are terrified that the billionaire is planning to murder them, rather than let them get married.
This convinces Hackman to withhold the tape recording from the billionaire and he becomes paranoid that he's involved in a potential murder plot.
At the end of the film the billionaire is the one that gets murdered. Hackman listens to the tape one more time and he realises the emphasis on the word "us" is pre-emptive. He realises the young man says to the daughter, "He'll kill US if he gets the chance," (emphasis on "US"). It means the billionaire isn't planning to murder them - the young man is convincing the daughter that THEY must murder the billionaire. He uses the excuse that the billionaire will PROBABLY murder them to stop them getting married. So, they both kill the billionaire first. Hackman realises their plot and that his mistake might have cost a life (just not the life he originally thought). He was involved in a murder plot, but it was the young couple plotting to kill her billionaire father.
Hackman becomes convinced that the young couple are terrified that the billionaire is planning to murder them, rather than let them get married.
This convinces Hackman to withhold the tape recording from the billionaire and he becomes paranoid that he's involved in a potential murder plot.
At the end of the film the billionaire is the one that gets murdered. Hackman listens to the tape one more time and he realises the emphasis on the word "us" is pre-emptive. He realises the young man says to the daughter, "He'll kill US if he gets the chance," (emphasis on "US"). It means the billionaire isn't planning to murder them - the young man is convincing the daughter that THEY must murder the billionaire. He uses the excuse that the billionaire will PROBABLY murder them to stop them getting married. So, they both kill the billionaire first. Hackman realises their plot and that his mistake might have cost a life (just not the life he originally thought). He was involved in a murder plot, but it was the young couple plotting to kill her billionaire father.
