On August 2 1984 An English businessman won his court battle against the police for illegal wire tapping (based on violation of Human Rights) after he was charged for handling stolen goods. With this day in history in mind, the theme for today will be films on wire tapping-enjoy!
1 The Conversation (1974) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Tells the story of a surveillance expert (Gene Hackman) who is convinced that the couple he is recording will be murdered-nominated for a number of Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Writing and Best Sound...
2 The Lives of Others (2006) Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Compelling film about an agent of the secret police (Ulrich Muhe) who is conducting surveillance on a writer (Sebastian Koch) and becomes embroiled in his life-film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film...
I hope that the above movie picks provides hours of cinematic entertainment-enjoy!
Dianezy
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