The Conversation
Technological advancements have always been something magical to those without the knowledge required to understand their mechanisms. In 2026, I'm not quite sure anyone understands the scope of technology as it's compounding evolution has lapped us countless times. And this is interesting in relation to the 1970s, where things seemed to be just about getting to that point. How, now, you can be totally genius in navigating and building software, without knowing anything about the hardware. The sprawling amounts of esoteric knowledge held by individuals that, only when useful to hierarchical power, intersect everyday life suddenly and brutally.
In surveillance, video, and audio recording.
And then within "The Conversation", the disparity of the operator, master of audio technology, who's relevance to this technology is subsumed by the power of other men. There's not a dissimilarity to Coppola and Murch's work here and the studio system they were beneath.
An awe-inspiring film that captures the paranoia of modern life, of complex technologies that are now planted in all of our homes. Steadily moving towards pitch-perfect audio capture that eclipses the power we imagined our own gods to have.