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Conspiracy Thrillers | The Conversation (1974) + Enemy of the State (1998)

In this preview of the third episode of Slate's Conspiracy Thrillers Movie Club—an exclusive series for Slate Plus members—Sam Adams and writer and theater director Isaac Butler talk about Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation and its unofficial sequel, Tony Scott’s Enemy of the State. They discuss how both films portrayed the paranoia of being watched, and how the concept of surveillance had to be explained to a naïve pre-9/11 audience.

To listen to the full episode and learn more about the Conspiracy Thrillers Movie Club, visit slate.com/thrillers

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