Sydney Pollack, pass away last week; quite sad :/. To tribute him, TCM has spent a large block airing his films. Last night, I caught 3 Days of the Condor [reflection], which was a decent film. Aside from the quality of conspiracy, it debuted in 1975, but the looming atmosphere held was something that quite reminded me of my experience with Cowboy Bebop.
I am not stating any influence, but the particular scene, where Turner and Hale parse each other is worthy of comparison to that of Spike and Julia. Perhaps many will never experience the film, so I shan’t go into it, but three notes: music, lighting, situation.
The error of this comparison is that of the heroine. Julia was much more involved in the overall thick of Bebop, than Kathy Hale (Dunaway). Still, Turner and Spike have decent character similarities, and Spike was always an interesting one to eye.
Ryan A
Note: Public library FTW, they had the film, and somehow I found the ADV release of Kanon there as well. OCLS is something.
