Column | Coppola’s paranoia-thriller ‘The Conversation’ stands the test of time

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Column | Coppola’s paranoia-thriller ‘The Conversation’ stands the test of time

Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” turns 50 this April. A thrilling exploration of paranoia, regret and the inscrutability of new technology, the film remains even more poignant today.  The film follows Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a surveillance expert who is hired to record a conversation between two people walking through Union Square.  When he finds suspicious content in the recorded conversation implying that someone is out to kill the…