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Beatty traces the chain of conspiracy back to a shadowy Los Angeles outfit named the Parallax Corp. They seem to be in the business of identifying potential assassins, signing them up and hiring them out to clients. Any client will do; Parallax doesn't seem to be politically oriented and just practices good old American capitalism.
The tone of this is really weird and veers all over the place. The paranoid conspiracy thriller sections are really good - the Parallax test in itself is a wonderful concept and every time I have to complete Myers-Briggs during some bullshit job application process I think of it.
23 lut 2021 · The screen fills with a series of images, some wholesome—mother and son, smiling cheerleader—and some sinister (an orgy, a lynching, Hitler). It’s like an outbreak of a Soviet montage in the middle of the film, uncanny and deeply disturbing.
22 lip 2020 · “The Parallax View” is a disorienting experience, as most scenes unfold without a disclosed objective, until a shocker of a reveal hits and jolts our awareness. Seeing it twice is essential.
22 mar 2021 · While investigating seemingly coincidental deaths of people present at the Carroll assassination, he infiltrates the Parallax Corporation and discovers a vast conspiracy that threatens to…keep killing politicians?
7 lut 2021 · The Parallax View’s coolly stylized, shadow-etched compositions by acclaimed cinematographer Gordon Willis give visual expression to a mood that begins as an anxious whisper and ends as a scream into the void.
At the time of its release, The Parallax View received mixed reactions from critics, but the film's reception has been more positive in recent years. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.
