Sydney Pollack’s ‘Three Days of the Condor’ is one of the finest spy thrillers ever filmed
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/sydney-pollacks-three-days-condor-one-finest-spy-thrillers-ever-filmed/ By Sven Mikulec CINEPHILIA & BEYOND The paranoid, skeptical, post-Watergate America gave birth to Sydney Pollack’s first-class thrilller Three Days of the Condor . The film, carried out on the shoulders of glorious Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway and orchestrated masterfully by Pollack, is based on James Grady’s novel Six Days of the Condor , adapted by screenwriters Lorenzo Semple, Jr., the writer of The Parallax View , and David Rayfiel , a frequent collaborator of Pollack ’s. In a nail-biting way, the film delves into the moral ambiguity that characterized the early 1970s US government and deftly reflects the prevailing feelings of distrust and betrayal in the American society . We urge you to take a careful look at Semple Jr. and Rayfiel’s screenplay , one of the more prominent examples of fine spy thriller writing. Also, don’t make the mistake of ignoring Lorenzo Semple...