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11. I've seen this film in the last year, and you know what struck me? How truly FREE a person

Reply to ybbor (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 11:26 PM

Mar 2015

could be in the 70's. Look around when you watch the movie -- no cameras mounted anywhere, no one with cell phones clapped to their ears, no dash cams, no TV screens everywhere, none of that shit. You could walk down the sidewalk and never even be recognized.

I was alive at that time and watching that movie made me realize how penned in we are today. There's simply no comparison. It makes me weep.

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Just watched "3 Days of the Condor" again [View all] ybbor Mar 2015 OP

Excellent movie, along with All the President's Men and Marathon Man salib Mar 2015 #1

Yes, the scene at the end outside the NYT... ybbor Mar 2015 #3

Quite startling how prescient that film was villager Mar 2015 #2

In the opening scene, the killer is standing in front of my parent's apartment brooklynite Mar 2015 #4

No way! ybbor Mar 2015 #5

The film halved the number of days. BlueMTexpat Mar 2015 #6

I'll have to give it a read ybbor Mar 2015 #9

Being paid to read mystery novels BlueMTexpat Mar 2015 #18

Perfect movie Action_Patrol Mar 2015 #7

Great movie. kiva Mar 2015 #8

For old movies that are prophetic about our government undercover operations, Cleita Mar 2015 #10

It's funny you bring up that movie ybbor Mar 2015 #12

I've seen this film in the last year, and you know what struck me? How truly FREE a person Nay Mar 2015 #11

I was thinking the same thing ybbor Mar 2015 #13

Richard Helms was an advisor on the film .. MinM Mar 2015 #14

In June 2001, the Ambassador's niece played a stirring role in history to come. Octafish Mar 2015 #21

One of my favorite movies of all time Joe Turner Mar 2015 #15

wait there's more! Fan Mar 2015 #16

It also had one of the sexiest love scenes I've ever seen (the uncut version)... CTyankee Mar 2015 #17

I'm always stunned at the end when they debate whether the NYT will publish it riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #19

Also "The Anderson Tapes" PCIntern Mar 2015 #20

The last scene was prophetic. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #22

Coming Soon: Ed Snowden the Movie; and Robert Redford as Dan Rather MinM Mar 2015 #23

Sweet ybbor Mar 2015 #24