Three Days Of The Condor (1975)

by guest writer

Three Days of the Condor is set in the contemporary New York City and represents a landmark as one of the best political thrillers of its time. After the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal, which are felt in the movie’s background as distant voices, the US government still needs to induce the ever involving and scheming action against the Middle East. Of course the echo of Sydney Pollack’s film is also haunting the political class of the present US and one can see how this course was predicted way back 37 years ago.

Robert Redford plays a back-office employee of ,,the company”, code-name Condor, specialized in reading worldwide literature in order to capture what is written between the lines and discover possible plots. When a report is submitted to Washington by Condor, the situation gets out of control due to the nature of the discoveries mentioned there. A film focused on media’s effect upon the people and especially on politicians, Three Days Of The Condor uses powerful tools of persuasion and convinces the audience how dangerous a simple intuition might become. A tour de force from start to the open-to-interpretation end, the film is one of the few American movies of the ’70s preoccupied with the social impact of politics.

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10 Responses to Three Days Of The Condor (1975)

U. Anton wrote on
--> 12 February 2012 at 12:30 pm

Great recommendation for this weekend! Have seen this ages ago and I must make an effort and find it once more. The subject is well described and Robert Redford is terrific in the role.
LatteLisa wrote on
--> 12 February 2012 at 6:48 pm

haven’t seen this one in years!
definitely checking out if they have it at the library 😉
Meghan @ Wishful Thinking wrote on
--> 12 February 2012 at 11:00 pm

I have a very not-so-secret crush on Robert Redford but amazingly, I have never heard of this one before! Something for next weekend I think! Hope you had a wonderful weekend Ada!
designchic wrote on
--> 13 February 2012 at 2:54 am

Saw this years ago…anything with Robert Redford…fabulous!!
Tamra {ever swoon} wrote on
--> 13 February 2012 at 9:04 am

Original dream boat!
Helen @ TheStyleSchedule wrote on
--> 13 February 2012 at 9:24 am

I haven’t seen this movie in years and years…I need to catch up with it again.
Thanks for the recommendation – besides anything with Robert Redford in it…(I know, its soooo shallow!)
Helenx
design elements wrote on
--> 13 February 2012 at 9:59 am

love this movie. I finished reading RR biography book some weeks ago. It one of the few books which I have in Bulgarian. Happy Monday, Ada
Alexa wrote on
--> 13 February 2012 at 10:07 am

Oh my goodness…Robert Redford back in the day. Incredible.
Tabitha wrote on
--> 13 February 2012 at 7:31 pm

Oh this is a big favourite of mine and how handsome was Robert Redford back in the day?
Melissah from Scrapbook wrote on
--> 14 February 2012 at 1:34 am

Love this movie!
I just stumbled across your lovely blog & so glad I did! I look forward to popping back for some more inspiration!
x
Melissah from Scrapbook