What can be seen when comparing ``Enemy of the State'' with Coppola's masterpiece ``The Conversation''

Team play eavesdropping operation and huge warehouse

First of all, Gene Hackman from "Enemy of the State" doesn't appear for a long time. In fact, the first half of the film just depicts Will Smith being chased, just like Hitchcock's " North by Northwest " (1959).

However, about 50 minutes into the film, a crucial scene appears. The protagonist and a woman with a secret relationship decide to have a secret rendezvous in a crowded park, knowing that there will be no threat to their lives if they do so in public. Investigators are nearby, holding microphones to eavesdrop on their conversation. The scene is very similar to the opening scene of "The Conversation."

It is in this scene that the name of Hackman's character, "Brill," is first revealed to the enemy (through wiretapping). It is a very memorable scene that marks the turning point of the story and the start of the second half.

The Brill workplace, which appears midway through the film, bears a striking resemblance to that of The Conversation Harry Caul in The Conversation: a warehouse-style building in an industrial area, with a spider's web of fencing around the inside.

According to the commentary on the DVD of "The Conversation," Coppola said, "Harry's work space is like a fortress. It's divided into several areas by fences, and it's like a shell inside a shell, and he's locked away." These words seem to fit Brill in "Enemy of the State" perfectly.

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Furthermore, when the enemy agents begin their raid on Brill's secret base, they notice that one of them is wearing a "transparent coat." Speaking of vinyl transparent coats, they are the same items that Harry Caul always wore in "The Conversation." Coppola has hidden various items throughout this masterpiece that symbolize "peeking" or "seeing through." In that case, this coat that suddenly appears in "Enemy of the State" may also be a "wink" only given to those who understand.

And the most decisive factor in finding commonalities between the two films is the "secret photo data" of Brill, extracted from security camera footage. The photo shows him as a young man, with rimmed glasses and a beard, the exact image of Harry Cole in "The Conversation."

But that doesn't mean the film will delve any deeper or do any more unnecessary research. It just lets the viewer focus on the story. It's as if it's the film's aesthetic and its style.

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