Posted by
JP on Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:40:45 AM
by Steve
Finefrock - Hollywood Forum [scriptwriter]
Robert
Redford’s startled expression of realization and discomfort was so
precious, appreciated more in later years’ viewing as my politics moved
from short-pants liberalism-lite to more and more conservative
long-pants appreciation of the enduring verities of life. As ‘Condor’
in “Three Days of the Condor” the young hero, Joe Turner, confronts
Higgins, the CIA executive, in Times Square, where they square off for
the film’s coda scene.
Redford is disbelieving as this
scene plays out, following the tortuous storyline of evil CIA rogues’
war-gaming scheme to plan for potential military confiscation of Middle
Eastern oil fields in the event of some potential world crisis:... [more]