Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by vermontdevil on Saturday April 13, 2019 @02:08PM
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Hackman was also in another movie about spying and paranoia - The Conversation. Great movie. I know it’s not about nation states spying but wanted to add that here
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Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by jhayward on Saturday April 13, 2019 @05:28PM
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Hackman played the same character in both movies. His character in enemy of the state has some deliberate references (the raincoat, the workshop, the opening sequence).
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by dvtrn on Saturday April 13, 2019 @02:12PM
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Oh? Thanks for the recommendation, I'm a big fan of Hackman's acting and spy movies especially-lately, so I'll definitely be looking this up. Cheers
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by sys_64738 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @04:20PM
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It's a great movie. Harrison Ford plays a secretary if I recall correctly.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by fzzzy on Saturday April 13, 2019 @03:34PM
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The Conversation is an absolute classic.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by akira2501 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @03:13PM
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I hate to be this off topic, but also 'Heist' is a great movie which features a lot of social engineering and exploitation tactics to drive the plot.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by bookofjoe on Saturday April 13, 2019 @05:08PM
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There are 2 films with this title, from 2001 and 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist_(2001_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist_(2015_film)
Both have stellar casts.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by hopler on Sunday April 14, 2019 @07:35PM
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2001 had a much higher acclaimed script and was more appreciated by viewers
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by paxswill on Saturday April 13, 2019 @02:37PM
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Funnily enough, it also has Harrison Ford in it as well (one of the earlier films he was in).
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by type0 on Saturday April 13, 2019 @03:08PM
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Yeah, he's great there, almost uncanny how different and cold he is in that role.
Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
by braythwayt on Saturday April 13, 2019 @10:16PM
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Francis Ford Coppola said that “The Conversation” was his favourite Francis Ford Coppola movie.
Watching “Enemy of the State,” it is quite clear that Hackman’s character is a nod at The Conversation’s Harry Caul. He plays an ex-spook who is extremely paranoid about surveillance, which is the exact state Caul gets into at the end of The Conversation!