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What can be seen when comparing ``Enemy of the State'' with Coppola's masterpiece ``The Conversation''
2021.03.16
"Enemy of the State" synopsis
Robert, a lawyer, accidentally comes into possession of a videotape of the assassination of a U.S. congressman by the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA attempts to erase his tapes as well. Robert is plotted by the NSA, loses his social status without knowing anything, and is falsely accused of a crime. So, with a former NSA employee on his side, he attempts to stand up to the NSA, which has one of the world's most powerful surveillance systems...
Index
- A sense of scale and speed. Tony Scott's masterpiece
- What does it have in common with Coppola's masterpiece "The Conversation"?
- Team play eavesdropping operation and huge warehouse
- What you can see from behind the scenes of production
- A time when reality surpasses fiction
A sense of scale and speed. Tony Scott's masterpiece
Compared to his older brother Ridley's works, which have a somewhat aloof gaze, like a god who sees through all things, younger brother Tony Scott's images never stay in one place. The camera is always moving rapidly, and by editing a huge amount of footage, they create a unique beat filled with a sense of urgency. That's his specialty.
``You can't go wrong with a Tony Scott movie'' is a saying that always stuck with me when I was a student, but especially his collaborations with producer Jerry Bruckheimer have the fastest speed and unprecedented scale. I remember that it was a parade of shocking works that made my stomach tingle.
"Enemy of the State" trailer
Bruckheimer's films, which at times tend to be absurd and tasteful, only become more grounded when he collaborates with Tony, and he enters a state of ``incomparable'' in both name and reality. Among them, ``Enemy of the State'' (1998) can be said to be a masterpiece that shows their honeymoon with just the right amount of maturity.
What does it have in common with Coppola's masterpiece "The Conversation"?