The Parallax View
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Movie Reviews of The Parallax View
Movie Review: Beware, brother, beware . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
Paranoids and conspiracy theorists unite: here's a movie you've gotta love. Warren Beatty plays a reporter who goes undercover to investigate a senator's death after a dozen or so witnesses to the event have also died. He believes the Parallax Corporation is a secret assassination organization; he becomes a member little realizing he's being set up as the fall-guy for the next big assassination. The movie is gripping most of the way through, though it unfortunately goes a little soft near the end. The movie caters to our most paranoid instincts: characters are vaguely developed; images are partially obscured behind curtains or windows; around every corner we expect to discover SOMETHING important, but it's never quite there, having somehow just escaped our attention. Thus the tension builds and the mind begins concocting what it can't fathom for sure. Maybe. Maybe it's all for real, too. The director wanted us to draw parallels between his movie and the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, and for some the results were conclusive: don't look behind you, someone for sure is following you. It's a pretty good movie, worth a watch.
Movie Review: NOT SURE WHAT BEATTY WAS SHOOTING FOR
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Parallax View" was big liberal Warren Beatty's attempt to describe a conspiracy involving shadowy government agencies. It is entertaining and worth watching, but misses the mark. Beatty seems to be trying to piece together an explanation on how, or even who, killed Kennedy. "The Manchurian Candidate" may have inspired him. Beatty plays a journalist who goes undercover, allowing himself to be recruited by the Parallax Corporation, presumably a CIA front that trains assassins. His psychological profile is determined in part by watching a disturbing montage of scenes, ranging from love, sex and patriotism to war, gore and devil worship, mixed with the juxtaposition of wealth vs. need. The point seems to be that people go hungry while rich America has sex and kills people?Movie Review: RELAX WITH PARALLAX ?
Summary: 4 Stars
Another all but forgotten hit of the 1970's, beautifully photographed with a mature (but fantastic) script. Maverick reporter Beatty,along with hundreds of others,witnessed an assassination of a U.S. Senator 3 years earlier. Despite Official U.S. investigations to the contrary, people who were present at the shooting are dying pell-mell, and Beatty's out to investigate Parallax, much to the chagrin of his boss, Cronyn. Beatty is convinced that this organization trains "hit-men" to carry out "big-wig" murders,then covers them up with more murders.A movie not for ths faint of heart, it's also an indictment of pro- forma investigations that fail in their duty, and waste huge amounts of taxpayer money as well.By all means, see this movie which is really timeless in nature.Movie Review: Deep and psychological
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this film and re-watch it from time to time; however, it's like watching two short films put together. The first half, for me, is definitely a best. I think that is due to the great cinematography in that segment moreso than any attribution to the storyline. I will just say that if you are into psychological thrillers, this is probably a big film for you. For me, it's a little too much suspense but I do tend to gravitate to older films with a more straightforward story. The big objective here is some dark company's (CIA???) effort to recruit and train trouble-making losers into political assasins. This film is well-done and you can count on the superbly superior cast to support the story, making a "slightly goofy" story idea just a little more plausible.Movie Review: Spare, dreamlike thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Parallax View" is a taut thriller about a reporter Joseph Frady (played by Warren Beatty) investigating a political assassination.
The film is strikingly shot - harsh lighting and sound, and harsh surfaces are used to highlight the increasing harshness of the story. The film almost takes on a dreamlike quality - and indeed given Frady's unbalanced past you could consider the film as a figment of his paranoic imagination.
Director Alan J. Pakula would reuse many of the techniques in his next (non-fictional) political film "All the President's Men".
This film certainly needs to be appreciated in its original 2.35:1 format as presented in this DVD. Sadly there are no extras.