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https://cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/9202-REVIEW-THREE-DAYS-OF-THE-CONDOR-1975-STARRING-ROBERT-REDFORD-AND-FAYE-DUNAWAY,-UK-DUAL-FORMAT-SPECIAL-EDITION-FROM-EUREKA-VIDEO.html BY DARREN ALLISON Posted by Cinema Retro in Blu-ray/DVD/Streaming Reviews & News on  Wednesday, June 1. 2016 It was always going to be something rather good that would eventually topple Jaws (1975) from the box office number one slot. Sydney Pollack 's compelling political thriller, Three Days of the Condor , achieved that feat. It is a film steeped in speculative government dealings and the shady side of its associations with large business corporations. Three Days of the Condor is arguably one of the greatest thrillers to emerge from the 70s. it arrived directly in the slipstream of the Watergate scandal that had witnessed the toppling of a president and a severe shifting of the United States political arena. The ripple effect from such political scandals bought about a change in American c...

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...