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Watched it a few months ago, such a great and under-rated film! RIP Robert Redford

yubblegum 1y ago
It's a serious hacker film, actually. Redford is the ultimate hacker in that film: social engineering, picking locks, scrambling MaBell's circuits, and taking out the bad guys in the CIA. [699BB20FD159089A03DD8935575805B1168A8E63 7.4G 1080 blu]
- ac29 1y ago
  While I'm sure some people appreciate your link to pirated content, it seems inappropriate for HN.
  - TeMPOraL 1y ago
    That's not a link, it merely allows to confirm a specific file is the one you're looking for :).
  - yubblegum 1y ago
    That is protected speech. :)
  - myvoiceismypass 1y ago
    No more hashing allowed? That will make things rather difficult.
ghaff 1y ago
I'm not sure it's really underrated so much as fairly old and not really in the classic canon. (Which may be more or less saying the same thing.)
- yubblegum 1y ago
  I have to disgree here regarding the film's merit. There are a few quite interesting (and unique) films in that genre from the 70s that are little known to today's audiances. Most came out around Watergate ~'74 (so were topical in those days) but then have been kind of memory holed. The Kremlin Letter, 1970 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065950/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065950/) - I recall someone saying this film really shows the ugly underbelly of intelligence services. This is an interesting film but it is very dark and somewhat disturbing. This one predates Watergate - it is a Cold War spy flick and makes Smiley's People look warm and cuddly .. The Conversation, 1974 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/) - Gene Hackman's character resurfaces a couple decades later in Enemy of the State (1998). The Parallax View, 1974 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/) The Tamarind Seed, 1974 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072253/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072253/) - A subtle movie that superficially seems like a romance. So that's from the top of my head. All are eminently watchable films and some possibly classic canon contenders.
  - igravious 1y ago
    "memory holed" implies a deliberate coordinated attempt by the mass media and/or powerful actors to suppress some information they don't want knocking around the ether it isn't a "cool" way of saying 'forgotten'
  - bean469 1y ago
    I haven't heard of those films, but they sure seem interesting. Thanks for the recommendations!

It's a serious hacker film, actually. Redford is the ultimate hacker in that film: social engineering, picking locks, scrambling MaBell's circuits, and taking out the bad guys in the CIA. [699BB20FD159089A03DD8935575805B1168A8E63 7.4G 1080 blu]

ac29 1y ago
While I'm sure some people appreciate your link to pirated content, it seems inappropriate for HN.
- TeMPOraL 1y ago
  That's not a link, it merely allows to confirm a specific file is the one you're looking for :).
- yubblegum 1y ago
  That is protected speech. :)
- myvoiceismypass 1y ago
  No more hashing allowed? That will make things rather difficult.

ghaff 1y ago

I'm not sure it's really underrated so much as fairly old and not really in the classic canon. (Which may be more or less saying the same thing.)

yubblegum 1y ago
I have to disgree here regarding the film's merit. There are a few quite interesting (and unique) films in that genre from the 70s that are little known to today's audiances. Most came out around Watergate ~'74 (so were topical in those days) but then have been kind of memory holed. The Kremlin Letter, 1970 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065950/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065950/) - I recall someone saying this film really shows the ugly underbelly of intelligence services. This is an interesting film but it is very dark and somewhat disturbing. This one predates Watergate - it is a Cold War spy flick and makes Smiley's People look warm and cuddly .. The Conversation, 1974 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/) - Gene Hackman's character resurfaces a couple decades later in Enemy of the State (1998). The Parallax View, 1974 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/) The Tamarind Seed, 1974 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072253/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072253/) - A subtle movie that superficially seems like a romance. So that's from the top of my head. All are eminently watchable films and some possibly classic canon contenders.
- igravious 1y ago
  "memory holed" implies a deliberate coordinated attempt by the mass media and/or powerful actors to suppress some information they don't want knocking around the ether it isn't a "cool" way of saying 'forgotten'
- bean469 1y ago
  I haven't heard of those films, but they sure seem interesting. Thanks for the recommendations!