Happiness: Money, good scotch, a rare steak, some nice breast and a clean car. Who argues with that? The similar scene from "Clock Work Orange" is nice, too. Watch "The Happiness Machine", Edward Bernays, Sigmund Freuds nephew brought it to you. It's in your TV every day.
Amazing montage in the middle of the film. Although many of the images speak of the 1960's and 1970's, the basic message hasn't really changed since this montage was created and it is still relevant today.
gREAT movie and so 70's in its ballsy decision to plant a montage in the middle of it. For some reason the music and certain parts of the montage are quite moving and poignant. An underrated gem.
One of Warren Beatty's best performances. This portion of the movie is so unique. The music is great, The work of the composer is flawless. It reminds me of the AFI tribute to 100 films. How it is pieced together and the music keeps up,it mirrors the images so profoundly with such a clear and poignant purpose. To see the three little boys embracing each other. I tear up everytime I see it, longing for the day when friendship between mankind is and can be innocent, truthful, as it should be.
I see that people here are spewing the usual myths about the Kennedy Assassination. The bullet was "pristine" (it wasn't-it is flattened on one side and the lead core is punched out) no one matched Oswald's performance (it has been matched several times) the rifle was never tested to see if had been fired (there is no such test, unless you expect them to maybe sniff the barrel.)
@Tasby12 Nice try, but the weight of bullet fragments recovered add up to more than what's missing from the "magic bullet" (not counting the fragments remaining in Connelly's leg). Only one bullet is in evidence, so which bullet did it come from? The rifle tests to which you referred were done under ideal conditions without actually hitting the target
Please, if you're a first time viewer, leave the music off, or at a low volume, and have the TV or radio on to distract you. That's how I stopped it getting to me.
What really scares me is the ending is more true than the beginning. The beginning is an unattainable utopian society. The ending is true. Also: 3:28 Any reason why I am Lee Harvey Oswald?
You, I and everyone, have it within ourselves to be manipulated into doing something terrible in the name of what others convince us is the greater good.
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone but he was heavily influenced by those who convinced him that JFK was the enemy.
The significance of Oswald is two-fold. He's perceived as an assassin and yet he's also presented as a victim enhancing the mindset of vulnerability for the viewer and making us more receptive to guidance. And in the end, if we follow the path, we become the invincible Thor.
@Acuracy813 The famous conspiracy theorist's claim 'Oswald was a patsy!' comes to mind. Oswald was believed to be a hero, while others believed him to be a monster that blew Kennedy's brains all over his car.
@hotelmario510 To be clear, I'm absolutely a believer in the conspiracy. Simply because it was proven to be physically impossible for the shooting to have happened as the Warren Commission asserted.
I was just addressing what Oswald represented in the context of the PV film.
@Acuracy813 Well, yeah, I understand that. While I think the Warren Commission was flawed (that magic bullet? Come on), I have doubts about a second shooter.
@hotelmario510 Well that's the thing though. Once you accept that the Magic Bullet is an impossibility, then there has to be a second shooter, since you have the third wounded man, James Tague.
@Acuracy813 Actually, I found out that the Magic Bullet wasn't magic. Connally was just sitting slightly to the left of Kennedy which led to the so-called 'Magic' effect. Oswald was also able to load the rifle quickly. While I still believe the Warren Commission was bullshit, I change my mind, I believe there was one shooter.
@hotelmario510 Have you seen the bullet? It supposedly made two wounds in Kennedy and 5 wounds in Connelly and came out in pristine condition. Not possible. And No one- has ever been able to match Oswald's performance. Every "recreation" has been faulty- not taking into account that Oswald would have had to be reloading and firing at a moving target, and scoring his best shot on the third try. And the rifle was both defective- and never tested to see if it had even been fired on Nov. 22.
Captain America is masked. Thor is unmasked, handsome, blonde and blue-eyed. Also Cap's weapon is a shield- the symbol of the non-aggressive defender,, while Thor's hammer is that of an aggressor.
Assuming the Thor "role" would serve the delusions of a budding sociopath to mete ,in the absence of rationality, an appropriate sentence.Or,if turned inward- penance .The film is thoroughly disquieting if one will suspend disbelief enough to consider that decisions made by an apolitical cabal could affect the course of history and our lives. One of the best " horror" movies ever made.
@TumbrelJockey- My attempt at psycho babble comes off as posing in retrospect..Nonetheless- the idea of grooming sicko / wind up dolls,deemed expendable to do the bidding of governments and rich men ,is too close for comfort.One needs all their snap to navigate these waters my friends.
Phenomenal film, this segment is definitely brilliant. Soundgarden pretty much copied it exactly with their music video for "Blow Up the Outside World". Look up that clip and then compare.
So was the reporter unknowingly programmed and shot the politician with the rifle or was he just simply seemlessly set-up? Sometimes when film makers intentionally leave the story ambigous it's a pain in the neck.
@oeyesea It was a Dealey-esque set up.Once Cronyn's editor had been taken out & the taped evidence intercepted by the Parallax operative,the jig was up.Beatty's reporter, unaware of his dire circumstance, took the bait- a duplicate of the assassin's scoped rifle.The candidate's kill shot came from the tier just above .Bystanders reacting the gun's report look up see & Beatty.Same rifle position /different angle.hence the title Parallax View.Two birds with one stone.
Paramount please put the Michael Small soundtrack out. This film is a treasure and not anachronistic at all. You can get the dvd for four quid as well.
Relax. Make yourself confortable and be sure to keep your hands on the box on the side of the chair. Making sure each one of your fingers are on the box inside the rectangle
Or a non-sociopath who just really hates whatever the cuddly creature is for whatever reason. But, both of those are unlikely cases)
It's essentially a variation of the Milgram Experiment. Normal people, while they might eventually go through with the action if you prod them enough and seem to be somebody in authority, show signs of distress. They're going against social conventions for a small but not insignificant monetary reward.
Actually, now that I think about it, here's a far more effective way of determining if somebody is a sociopath:
Bring them into a room with a cute, cuddly creature, give them a hammer, and say that you'll give the person in question $50 to smash the cuddly creature's head in. A sociopath wouldn't hesitate - they're getting money and they aren't getting blamed (after all, _you_ told them to kill the creature).
(Of course, they could be a sociopath who just really likes animals.
Another way to spot the sociopath is to put a bug in a folded piece of paper and squash it. Unfold the paper and show it to the subject. If he can tell you what kind of bug it was before you smashed it then he is a sociopath.
a great sequence in an equally great film - very powerful/emotive/patriotic/sinister etc - breaks the action up very well & takes you to another dimension in the plot
In real life, they probably would, though it would probably be noticeably different. Sociopaths want things like sex and money and status and all the other stuff that people in society usually want. A sociopath is simply someone who has no problem ignoring social conventions and thus can lie, cheat, or steal as easily as they could walk or talk. If a sociopath saw a compelling reason to kill their mother, they would.
Beautiful and touching sequence. I think that maybe Anno Hideaki, the director of the 1990's anime Evangelion, was influenced by this movie, based on this and other scenes in the movie.
I completely fail to see the similarities beyond the fact that both use psychedelic imagery, music and "subliminal" content. I hate to break it to you, though, but Evangelion and The Parallax View are far from the only two works of cinema to use that, though. If anything, Anno was probably more influenced by Stanley Kubrick, as was this sequence - which is highly reminiscent of the brainwashing sequence in "A Clockwork Orange", particularly in the novel.
I dunno if I'd call it beautiful and touching similar to a lot of the cut shots of the era I found it grim and forbidding. The brainwashing sequence was brilliant in A clockwork Orange but this one has its own kinda subplot and use of juxtaposition.
Well, Lost paid homage to this as well. But this is one of the best conspiracy movies of all time. Great editing, not just in the montage, the whole movie is amazing.
i got creeped just watching this. If the US brainwashes people for information/to hide information the people they brainwash must go insane. I would piss my pants if i had to be brainwashed like this.
The movie is creepy itself. Certainly not the feel good hit of the decade but brilliant nonetheless.
KVSwim. Most of the time the people are psychologically imbalanced to begin with. The scene wasnt used to Brain Wash him as such but to detect his responsiveness to stimuli. To gauge whether or not he could be an assassin.
This is a fairly disturbing series of images and a good example of brainwashing. Part of controlling people is inspiring them to have conflicted thinking.
Just to pick one one its many brilliant choices: the seductive musical shift at 3:40.
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The piece disturbs me because - I can't help it - it resonates with the fascist corner of me, with the desire to break free of conscience, and with the appeal of doing violence. It's a salutary disturbance. The power of art.
The other day, I was trying to remember which movie had this really fucked-up montage, and I finally remembered: The Parallax View. Thanks for the upload. One of the more disquieting series of images you'll see in a major motion picture...
Yes,but buying crap due to advertising is one thing, assassinatinga politician you have no particular grudge against is something else. As I said before, I find the fingerprints idea tempting.
Earlier in the film,Frady is fishing at the dam. Parallax have got him on the line, or are about to. And he, and we, don't know it until it is too late.
Look what Hitler's propaganda films got people to do , and as an even stronger example, did you see the film "Obediance" where the scientist, got people do quickly give deadly shocks to strangers?
it is not suppose to brainwash, just to analyze his emotional and chemical changes from what he's seeing and, therefore, see if he's "Parallax material".
yes, it loses it;s impact on the small screen. Should be at theaters. Hey if commericals can brainwash millions of people to buy junk, in less than a minute, this can brainwash also.
I agree. Frady was far too resourceful and independent to be brainwashed. They could have killed him whenever they wanted but decided to use him instead. This film was a warning. Forty years later we are still asleep.
On IMDb, someone says that the point of this scene is not to brainwash Frady but to get his fingerprints so they can frame him later. Interesting idea.
I would not have thought exposure to this montage would brainwash anyone, certainly not by itself, yet there is an argument that Frady (Warren Beatty) is indeed brainwashed by Parallax.
It was made about the time of Watergate, when Americans were questioning their system and its manipulations in fairly large numbers. For many, this was too much, and they voted for Reagan.
Great Movie - The undercover Reporter - Beatty , infiltrates the Secret Org. They recruit lowlifes and the Dregs of Life to Brainwash them to do murders and crimes for them.
this is one of, if not the, great moments of cinema. (period) who edited this? Since I was a kid this makes my heart beat faster, Kennedy and Hitler. Hitler and Kennedy. Kennedy and Hitler. Who is Who? what mirror are you looking through? I know what is right, but for who? This is the greatest. Because to question, and not just accept, but to question, that is the answer. If the answer can't be questioned then it is not an answer.
@wangpangu I'd have to agree...... the movie isn't half bad.. I was going to edit it from the film then decided to look here.... saved myself some work... but it's a mindfuck and a half...maybe even three quarters... remember this was during the death of the hippie movement.. .they made the film is 73...released in 74... I still remember hippies that late.... the real 70s started with Disco in 75-6 as I recall with Punk.
when VJs do this kind of stuff today in clubs...now's that's interesting... but most shy away anything thoughtful and go for downright braindead superficial. So, hey let's get back to this kind of work as in this movie. Let's not escape reality, let's face it instead.
From what I can gather, the film starts out showing scenes typical of the words - GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, MOTHER FATHER, ENEMY. Then it shows more negative scenes that can repace them: poverty, racism, etc. At the same time the various pictures are placed in other categories, thus destroying the subject's ingrained correlation between images and the various words, rendering his mind, thus confused, easily controlled and brainwashed.
A dominating will can then take over; such as Nazism did.
Having reviewed the comments, I'm disturbed that it's considered 'chilling' 'disturbing' and 'one of the greatest scenes of all time'. Yet, it was fun, but not particularly original for a film. And, unless the film is an art film, this seems rather spontaneous to me.
However, it would appear Parallax View is worth watching. :D
I hear you mate I tell so many people about this movie and they have never heard of it Its hard to believe that such a great movie is so understated, and as for the musical score its amazing!
One of the most powerful scenes in film for me. Showing the power of images, sound, messages on the viewer. Art reflecting society as it relates to the individual.
It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of work owned by THE PARALLAX CORPORATION in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. We have reserved all rights in the Work, first published in 1947. Your work entitled Parallax View: Incredible Montage is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis.
The PARALLAX CORPORATION requests you cease and desist all unauthorized use of this material immediately.
Excellent rendition of a journalist who attempts to infiltrate an international corporation whose secret agenda is recruiting assassins. They don't make movies like this anymore...
Here here, definitely one of the most unique and memorable scenes ever...also people should watch this film to see how different traveling by airplane has become. The seventies was a different time indeed....
I have always admired the famous "Brainwashing sequence" I think that's what it was, if I remembere correctly. I can't think of a bad Warren Beatty film that he starred in or directed.If you can, its rare.
Fantastic ... Have always found this sequence haunting. Interestingly, the lecture sequence in the similarly themed 'Arlington Road', borrows heavily from this scene - even down to the George Washington images ... Let's just hope it encourages those haven't yet seen it to seek out this brilliant film.
Is it an original song from the soundtrack of the movie ?
DocteurBloups 1 day ago
@DocteurBloups Yes.
Winouze 9 minutes ago
When Thor watches this, does he see a normal person?
piemanpie2424 1 week ago
i enjoyed this vid
osclarkos 1 month ago
one of my favorite conspiracy theory movies...this one was different because the conspirators were corporations not governments.
cirosuperiore 1 month ago
So why was put Thor in every category apart of "God"?
shinobody 2 months ago
great montage! filmmakers were allowed to express their true feelings a long time ago,but not now! thank you Warren Beatty & company!
clinicj 2 months ago
Happiness: Money, good scotch, a rare steak, some nice breast and a clean car. Who argues with that? The similar scene from "Clock Work Orange" is nice, too. Watch "The Happiness Machine", Edward Bernays, Sigmund Freuds nephew brought it to you. It's in your TV every day.
IExposeMormonism 3 months ago
love this
towerofrebel 3 months ago
14 people will die from a PEP
medianatie 3 months ago
gotta love that mid-70s theme music
DiceyJJ 5 months ago
if Parallax ever hired chick assassins they couldn't use this footage.
lensjockeyvideo 7 months ago
Is it still valid?it seems like modern propaganda like Modern Warfare is preaching to the converted....
PtAltmVansanTarr 8 months ago
Amazing montage in the middle of the film. Although many of the images speak of the 1960's and 1970's, the basic message hasn't really changed since this montage was created and it is still relevant today.
dublinguy65 8 months ago
14 people didn't keep their finger on the box
PtAltmVansanTarr 8 months ago 3
ahh !! do you people know that this has been used for to WASH BRAINS?
intresting.
it make me sick.
luzzyra 10 months ago
@luzzyra Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
BEASLAND000 7 months ago 3
gREAT movie and so 70's in its ballsy decision to plant a montage in the middle of it. For some reason the music and certain parts of the montage are quite moving and poignant. An underrated gem.
NiallJoe71 1 year ago
One of Warren Beatty's best performances. This portion of the movie is so unique. The music is great, The work of the composer is flawless. It reminds me of the AFI tribute to 100 films. How it is pieced together and the music keeps up,it mirrors the images so profoundly with such a clear and poignant purpose. To see the three little boys embracing each other. I tear up everytime I see it, longing for the day when friendship between mankind is and can be innocent, truthful, as it should be.
countryhoney28 1 year ago
I see that people here are spewing the usual myths about the Kennedy Assassination. The bullet was "pristine" (it wasn't-it is flattened on one side and the lead core is punched out) no one matched Oswald's performance (it has been matched several times) the rifle was never tested to see if had been fired (there is no such test, unless you expect them to maybe sniff the barrel.)
Tasby12 1 year ago
@Tasby12 Nice try, but the weight of bullet fragments recovered add up to more than what's missing from the "magic bullet" (not counting the fragments remaining in Connelly's leg). Only one bullet is in evidence, so which bullet did it come from? The rifle tests to which you referred were done under ideal conditions without actually hitting the target
luridplanet 1 year ago
If you've never seen the movie, the whole point of this montage was to find out if the Warren Beatty character could easily be manipulated.
luridplanet 1 year ago 3
What's the music called? It reminds me of Pink Floyd.
Zorpad90 1 year ago 2
@Zorpad90 I'm trying desperately to find this song but to avail...
drkazama 11 months ago
My brain. It BURNS.
alexwars2 1 year ago
HAHAHAHAHHA. This made me think of that scene in Fight Club where the movie projector guy cuts the film and inserts pictures to piss people off.
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
I don't get it, but the cheerleader was kind of hot.
stopglobalswarming 1 year ago
darn, now the intersect is stuck in my head
kevandeg 1 year ago
darn, now the intersect is stuck in my head
kevandeg 1 year ago
wow maybe if i had some hallucinogins that might make sense
wwfoleyfan 1 year ago
Please, if you're a first time viewer, leave the music off, or at a low volume, and have the TV or radio on to distract you. That's how I stopped it getting to me.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
What really scares me is the ending is more true than the beginning. The beginning is an unattainable utopian society. The ending is true. Also: 3:28 Any reason why I am Lee Harvey Oswald?
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510
You, I and everyone, have it within ourselves to be manipulated into doing something terrible in the name of what others convince us is the greater good.
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone but he was heavily influenced by those who convinced him that JFK was the enemy.
westeightyone 1 year ago
@westeightyone You're depressingly correct. Ugh, I shouldn't be discussing this when I'm tired, I'm emotionally open when I'm tired.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510
The significance of Oswald is two-fold. He's perceived as an assassin and yet he's also presented as a victim enhancing the mindset of vulnerability for the viewer and making us more receptive to guidance. And in the end, if we follow the path, we become the invincible Thor.
Acuracy813 1 year ago
@Acuracy813 The famous conspiracy theorist's claim 'Oswald was a patsy!' comes to mind. Oswald was believed to be a hero, while others believed him to be a monster that blew Kennedy's brains all over his car.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 To be clear, I'm absolutely a believer in the conspiracy. Simply because it was proven to be physically impossible for the shooting to have happened as the Warren Commission asserted.
I was just addressing what Oswald represented in the context of the PV film.
Acuracy813 1 year ago
@Acuracy813 Well, yeah, I understand that. While I think the Warren Commission was flawed (that magic bullet? Come on), I have doubts about a second shooter.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 Well that's the thing though. Once you accept that the Magic Bullet is an impossibility, then there has to be a second shooter, since you have the third wounded man, James Tague.
Acuracy813 1 year ago
@Acuracy813 Actually, I found out that the Magic Bullet wasn't magic. Connally was just sitting slightly to the left of Kennedy which led to the so-called 'Magic' effect. Oswald was also able to load the rifle quickly. While I still believe the Warren Commission was bullshit, I change my mind, I believe there was one shooter.
hotelmario510 1 year ago
@hotelmario510 Have you seen the bullet? It supposedly made two wounds in Kennedy and 5 wounds in Connelly and came out in pristine condition. Not possible. And No one- has ever been able to match Oswald's performance. Every "recreation" has been faulty- not taking into account that Oswald would have had to be reloading and firing at a moving target, and scoring his best shot on the third try. And the rifle was both defective- and never tested to see if it had even been fired on Nov. 22.
Acuracy813 1 year ago
i dont get why they put thor and not captain america.
midwestchillin01 1 year ago
@midwestchillin01
Captain America is masked. Thor is unmasked, handsome, blonde and blue-eyed. Also Cap's weapon is a shield- the symbol of the non-aggressive defender,, while Thor's hammer is that of an aggressor.
Acuracy813 1 year ago
this made me go insane in the best of ways
framk20SH 1 year ago
Gotta be careful with this - it stays with you . . .
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It's tough being Thor AND the Pope...I'd prefer to be Alan J. Pakula... But seriously though - Pakula was a brilliant Director...
garrettdirector 1 year ago
It's tough being Thor AND the Pope...I'd prefer to be Alan J. Pakula... But seriously though - Pakula was a brilliant Director...
garrettdirector 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me what I just witnessed?
Merstar12 1 year ago
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WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT?
reaper22066 1 year ago
Assuming the Thor "role" would serve the delusions of a budding sociopath to mete ,in the absence of rationality, an appropriate sentence.Or,if turned inward- penance .The film is thoroughly disquieting if one will suspend disbelief enough to consider that decisions made by an apolitical cabal could affect the course of history and our lives. One of the best " horror" movies ever made.
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago 11
@TumbrelJockey- My attempt at psycho babble comes off as posing in retrospect..Nonetheless- the idea of grooming sicko / wind up dolls,deemed expendable to do the bidding of governments and rich men ,is too close for comfort.One needs all their snap to navigate these waters my friends.
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TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
pakula's masterpiece. amazing film.
gerrylives 1 year ago 4
Phenomenal film, this segment is definitely brilliant. Soundgarden pretty much copied it exactly with their music video for "Blow Up the Outside World". Look up that clip and then compare.
thingrizzly 1 year ago
So was the reporter unknowingly programmed and shot the politician with the rifle or was he just simply seemlessly set-up? Sometimes when film makers intentionally leave the story ambigous it's a pain in the neck.
oeyesea 1 year ago
@oeyesea It was a Dealey-esque set up.Once Cronyn's editor had been taken out & the taped evidence intercepted by the Parallax operative,the jig was up.Beatty's reporter, unaware of his dire circumstance, took the bait- a duplicate of the assassin's scoped rifle.The candidate's kill shot came from the tier just above .Bystanders reacting the gun's report look up see & Beatty.Same rifle position /different angle.hence the title Parallax View.Two birds with one stone.
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago 7
This video gets me scarred of the mistreatment life and of my mind.
xmexdf1 1 year ago
Brilliant sequence of film, American cinema at its best.
kcirdrab 1 year ago 2
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Gotta watch this film...
Pamberjack 1 year ago
Don't really get this. My home isn't an american farm, I'm british? I never knew my dad growing up? Old school Nazism ended long ago?
WubwubDubstep 1 year ago
@WubwubDubstep that's actually the point...the images are mixed up on purpose to confuse the viewer
bodymindsound 1 year ago 2
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TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
@WubwubDubstep it's nominal-just sub a few cultural cues/ icons.In your experience it might be a game of 301 or a pleasant holiday in the Cotswolds ?
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago 7
apparently, this montage wants very badly to remind me that I am Thor. Fear not! I shall not forget! I am the mighty Thor!
swilco1 1 year ago 5
Paramount please put the Michael Small soundtrack out. This film is a treasure and not anachronistic at all. You can get the dvd for four quid as well.
minutegongcoughs 1 year ago
could've cut out about 3 minutes from that. got too repetitive and illogical
todnyc 1 year ago
Relax. Make yourself confortable and be sure to keep your hands on the box on the side of the chair. Making sure each one of your fingers are on the box inside the rectangle
000266617 1 year ago
suddenly i feel compelled to read "catcher in the rye" again...
highway234 1 year ago
I saw this as a kid and it blew my mind... Haha, I hope it didn't mess up my mind...
I love this sequence; the whole film was a great one.
ronson232 2 years ago
I never knew I was Thor.
SpamNapkin 2 years ago 41
@SpamNapkin
I always knew I was Thor.
ritualpenguin 1 year ago 8
I'm suprised this film still isn't recognised as one of the masterpieces of the Golden Age of American Film (ie the 70s).
panacea999 2 years ago
it is! and i just bought the film poster on ebay!
diggles8 2 years ago
someone know the music track?
Ionisus 2 years ago
cont.
Or a non-sociopath who just really hates whatever the cuddly creature is for whatever reason. But, both of those are unlikely cases)
It's essentially a variation of the Milgram Experiment. Normal people, while they might eventually go through with the action if you prod them enough and seem to be somebody in authority, show signs of distress. They're going against social conventions for a small but not insignificant monetary reward.
A sociopath would have no problem.
DeadlyGrim 2 years ago
Actually, now that I think about it, here's a far more effective way of determining if somebody is a sociopath:
Bring them into a room with a cute, cuddly creature, give them a hammer, and say that you'll give the person in question $50 to smash the cuddly creature's head in. A sociopath wouldn't hesitate - they're getting money and they aren't getting blamed (after all, _you_ told them to kill the creature).
(Of course, they could be a sociopath who just really likes animals.
cont.
DeadlyGrim 2 years ago
Hitler liked dogs.
Another way to spot the sociopath is to put a bug in a folded piece of paper and squash it. Unfold the paper and show it to the subject. If he can tell you what kind of bug it was before you smashed it then he is a sociopath.
MustyOldBooks 2 years ago
@MustyOldBooks
But Hitler (probably) wasn't a sociopath. Some of the people he put in charge probably were. It doesn't take a mental illness to be evil.
Sociopaths would be quite capable of telling you why they like dogs while at the same time smashing a dog's face in with a rusty hammer.
DeadlyGrim 1 year ago
I probably should have put a smiley next to my line "If he can tell you what kind of bug it was before you smashed it then he is a sociopath."
I shamelessly stole that line from a late night horror TV show from the same period as this movie.
As I recall, Hitler tested poison on his favorite dog and had its puppies shot. So I'm pretty sure he qualified as a sociopath.
I agree 100% that one doesn't need to have a mental illness to be evil.
MustyOldBooks 1 year ago
3:58
I shat bricks.
RomZomCom 2 years ago
a great sequence in an equally great film - very powerful/emotive/patriotic/sinister etc - breaks the action up very well & takes you to another dimension in the plot
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jcfbell3001 2 years ago
In the context of the movie, yes.
In real life, they probably would, though it would probably be noticeably different. Sociopaths want things like sex and money and status and all the other stuff that people in society usually want. A sociopath is simply someone who has no problem ignoring social conventions and thus can lie, cheat, or steal as easily as they could walk or talk. If a sociopath saw a compelling reason to kill their mother, they would.
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liberal view and a anti-american feeling that runs in the blood of liberalism
Conservativepacheat 2 years ago
Subject: Phlaaarp - exclamation mark
Anagram: Kin Parrallax team - Poach Ma
RaleighDawlishRaynar 2 years ago
Beautiful and touching sequence. I think that maybe Anno Hideaki, the director of the 1990's anime Evangelion, was influenced by this movie, based on this and other scenes in the movie.
LoveRabby 2 years ago
I completely fail to see the similarities beyond the fact that both use psychedelic imagery, music and "subliminal" content. I hate to break it to you, though, but Evangelion and The Parallax View are far from the only two works of cinema to use that, though. If anything, Anno was probably more influenced by Stanley Kubrick, as was this sequence - which is highly reminiscent of the brainwashing sequence in "A Clockwork Orange", particularly in the novel.
gatotsu911 2 years ago
I dunno if I'd call it beautiful and touching similar to a lot of the cut shots of the era I found it grim and forbidding. The brainwashing sequence was brilliant in A clockwork Orange but this one has its own kinda subplot and use of juxtaposition.
But the two are both brilliant.
ImeldaDavies 2 years ago
Well, Lost paid homage to this as well. But this is one of the best conspiracy movies of all time. Great editing, not just in the montage, the whole movie is amazing.
conradbrean 2 years ago
Soundgarden paid homage to this scene in their video for "Blow Up the Outside World"
SpamNapkin 2 years ago
i got creeped just watching this. If the US brainwashes people for information/to hide information the people they brainwash must go insane. I would piss my pants if i had to be brainwashed like this.
kvswim 2 years ago
The movie is creepy itself. Certainly not the feel good hit of the decade but brilliant nonetheless.
KVSwim. Most of the time the people are psychologically imbalanced to begin with. The scene wasnt used to Brain Wash him as such but to detect his responsiveness to stimuli. To gauge whether or not he could be an assassin.
ImeldaDavies 2 years ago
Bah!
GAU8avanger 2 years ago
This is a fairly disturbing series of images and a good example of brainwashing. Part of controlling people is inspiring them to have conflicted thinking.
5656766 2 years ago
I liked the inclusion of artwork by Jack Kirby. Oh, and the boobs. Also, I am Thor, apparently.
Precipitation 2 years ago
A terrific example of the power of sharp, fluid editing and astute use of music. Minimal yet it speaks a thousand unsaid words.
GENIUS.
rylojr1977 2 years ago 7
Just to pick one one its many brilliant choices: the seductive musical shift at 3:40.
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The piece disturbs me because - I can't help it - it resonates with the fascist corner of me, with the desire to break free of conscience, and with the appeal of doing violence. It's a salutary disturbance. The power of art.
Thank you for posting.
rachimbaskin 2 years ago
he wasnt brainwashed
the caught onto him and used him as a patsy...some other sap did the killing and got away free as a bird
Leaving the lone pyscho (who wasnt) to take the blame
lockealike1 2 years ago 2
The other day, I was trying to remember which movie had this really fucked-up montage, and I finally remembered: The Parallax View. Thanks for the upload. One of the more disquieting series of images you'll see in a major motion picture...
davis21wylie 2 years ago 4
Needs more cowbell.
carl723 2 years ago
Yes,but buying crap due to advertising is one thing, assassinatinga politician you have no particular grudge against is something else. As I said before, I find the fingerprints idea tempting.
Earlier in the film,Frady is fishing at the dam. Parallax have got him on the line, or are about to. And he, and we, don't know it until it is too late.
SteveKaczynski 2 years ago
Look what Hitler's propaganda films got people to do , and as an even stronger example, did you see the film "Obediance" where the scientist, got people do quickly give deadly shocks to strangers?
000266617 2 years ago
it is not suppose to brainwash, just to analyze his emotional and chemical changes from what he's seeing and, therefore, see if he's "Parallax material".
xixtretamil 2 years ago 2
yes, it loses it;s impact on the small screen. Should be at theaters. Hey if commericals can brainwash millions of people to buy junk, in less than a minute, this can brainwash also.
000266617 2 years ago
I agree. Frady was far too resourceful and independent to be brainwashed. They could have killed him whenever they wanted but decided to use him instead. This film was a warning. Forty years later we are still asleep.
richbickle 2 years ago 2
On IMDb, someone says that the point of this scene is not to brainwash Frady but to get his fingerprints so they can frame him later. Interesting idea.
SteveKaczynski 2 years ago
I would not have thought exposure to this montage would brainwash anyone, certainly not by itself, yet there is an argument that Frady (Warren Beatty) is indeed brainwashed by Parallax.
SteveKaczynski 2 years ago
Hey, if TV commercials can brainwash millions to buy crap in less than a minute, this video can brainwash Warren Beatty.
000266617 2 years ago 2
Yes, it brainwashed him into thinking he was Dick Tracy.
Precipitation 2 years ago
It was made about the time of Watergate, when Americans were questioning their system and its manipulations in fairly large numbers. For many, this was too much, and they voted for Reagan.
SteveKaczynski 2 years ago
Great Movie - The undercover Reporter - Beatty , infiltrates the Secret Org. They recruit lowlifes and the Dregs of Life to Brainwash them to do murders and crimes for them.
Wolfenfang 2 years ago
Like the political ads we see every election year.
000266617 2 years ago 3
Got that MKUltra vibe...
DeadEyeMorgan 2 years ago
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vicnameless 2 years ago
Must see this in a dark theater on a huge screen for its full impact.
wbro366 2 years ago
A simply brilliant scene!
MrQT 2 years ago
I remember the first time I saw this sequence. Blew me away then, blows me away now.
CitizenCindy 2 years ago 3
Fabulous always. Who did this? Not Beatty, not Pakula. Those who say they're not affected are the most disturbed of all.
slimytoves 3 years ago 2
this is one of, if not the, great moments of cinema. (period) who edited this? Since I was a kid this makes my heart beat faster, Kennedy and Hitler. Hitler and Kennedy. Kennedy and Hitler. Who is Who? what mirror are you looking through? I know what is right, but for who? This is the greatest. Because to question, and not just accept, but to question, that is the answer. If the answer can't be questioned then it is not an answer.
seandelgado 3 years ago 4
Now that's a mind-fuck and a half...
Lucky I'm too clever to be affected by these things.
Now; where did I put my gun...?
wangpangu 3 years ago 26
It could have easily been a commerical to buy a McDonalds' hambuger. Very easily.
Or telling you who to vote for with superfical crap and not facts about the candidate.
000266617 3 years ago
@wangpangu I'd have to agree...... the movie isn't half bad.. I was going to edit it from the film then decided to look here.... saved myself some work... but it's a mindfuck and a half...maybe even three quarters... remember this was during the death of the hippie movement.. .they made the film is 73...released in 74... I still remember hippies that late.... the real 70s started with Disco in 75-6 as I recall with Punk.
jimscape 1 year ago
when VJs do this kind of stuff today in clubs...now's that's interesting... but most shy away anything thoughtful and go for downright braindead superficial. So, hey let's get back to this kind of work as in this movie. Let's not escape reality, let's face it instead.
earthacademy 3 years ago 2
amazing ,powerful and is fucked up but good
plisken56 3 years ago
we hope you'll find the test "a pleasant experience." That's the creepy part, before it gets crazy.
sayward12 3 years ago
From what I can gather, the film starts out showing scenes typical of the words - GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, MOTHER FATHER, ENEMY. Then it shows more negative scenes that can repace them: poverty, racism, etc. At the same time the various pictures are placed in other categories, thus destroying the subject's ingrained correlation between images and the various words, rendering his mind, thus confused, easily controlled and brainwashed.
A dominating will can then take over; such as Nazism did.
Clevinger67 3 years ago 5
It seems to change his thinking:
USA (Country) becomes Nazi Germany.
"ME" is from squalid home
"Me" is a comic book god
"Enemy" is not communism or nazis anymore.
000266617 3 years ago
indeed
Vonii27 3 years ago
I don't get it at all. Could somebody smarter explain it to me?
Ait87 3 years ago
yah i love it...it might be oldies but its great
eldie3359 3 years ago
Having reviewed the comments, I'm disturbed that it's considered 'chilling' 'disturbing' and 'one of the greatest scenes of all time'. Yet, it was fun, but not particularly original for a film. And, unless the film is an art film, this seems rather spontaneous to me.
However, it would appear Parallax View is worth watching. :D
Dextear 3 years ago
It's original for its time; this was back when those kinds of scenes were uncommon.
jakechili 3 years ago
Consider who most of the audience is in youtube....
cochranexyz 3 years ago 3
Whoa, that'll mess you up.
WhereforeArt 3 years ago
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utter shit
creoltein 3 years ago
Awesome film...one of the best films from the mighty 1970's...
theGritHouse 3 years ago 3
Easily, one of the greateat films, ever produced!
vader1970 3 years ago 3
i wish more people would watch this, i'm always like, dude, like the Parallax View and people have no idea what i'm talking about.
lorezapocalypse 3 years ago
I hear you mate I tell so many people about this movie and they have never heard of it Its hard to believe that such a great movie is so understated, and as for the musical score its amazing!
vader1970 3 years ago
One of The Best Film Sequences Ever!
segould 3 years ago
i just came back from seeing this on the big screen. twas a trip
hippie324 3 years ago
and Barry can't swim
ripley450 3 years ago
One of the most powerful scenes in film for me. Showing the power of images, sound, messages on the viewer. Art reflecting society as it relates to the individual.
Cricketmite 3 years ago 6
My God, I want to go out and blow out Gordon Brown's brain now
justwoozynow 3 years ago 2
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RKingFaraday 3 years ago
Excellent rendition of a journalist who attempts to infiltrate an international corporation whose secret agenda is recruiting assassins. They don't make movies like this anymore...
brutalyzedbytv 4 years ago
I had the pleasure of seeing this on a movie screen. Overwhelming.
luridplanet 4 years ago 4
Superb! I'd completely forgotten about this -pure genius. Completely captures the subliminal indoctrination of Tv and film. Thanks.
1966BOBBY 4 years ago 4
....How, exactly? The point of subliminal indoctrination is for you to not notice it....
Dextear 3 years ago
Er, yes - point being?
1966BOBBY 3 years ago
Boy, am I glad I followed the chain of links that led me to this.
Fabulous! Fived and faved.
nameofthepen 4 years ago 5
second of Pakula's "paranoia trilogy".
tomloft2000 4 years ago 2
thanks, I didn't know he also made "klute" and "all the presidents men."
Cricketmite 3 years ago
This scene is amazing, I'm always taken away how skillfully they did it. Good one paikov for posting :D
Rockstar6uk 4 years ago 4
I... Am... Thor...
VanTammen 4 years ago 4
Looks like the entire Illuminati Agenda right here! LoL!
AmbientMusic 4 years ago
AmbientMusic - Good observation, perfect comment! :)
nameofthepen 4 years ago
Here here, definitely one of the most unique and memorable scenes ever...also people should watch this film to see how different traveling by airplane has become. The seventies was a different time indeed....
voodooshizzle 4 years ago 2
One of the greatest scenes in American film history.
ottoskidoo 4 years ago 2
HAPPINESS
Money, booze, steak, nekkid woman's titties, and a car!
heheh, anyway, great stuff. Why have I never heard of this movie?
handle342618 4 years ago
mind control!!!!!!!!
gouvyrock 4 years ago
Who are the guys in camouflage with AK-47s at 2:45 and again at 4:45? Viet Cong guerillas?
Notesy 4 years ago
The most memorable scene in the greatest "conspiracy" film of all time. Absolutely hypnotic.
subcin 4 years ago
After having seen the film years and years ago on a tiny black and white television, I was curious to see if the montage had any rude bits.
lamancha2 4 years ago
disturbing, funny, jarring, emboldening, harrowing, heartbreaking, comforting, disorienting, frightening, eye-opening, enlightening
Brilliant. 5 stars. Thank you for posting this great scene.
Straussian 4 years ago 3
superb!
Orangeflava 4 years ago
Pakula never got the full respect he deserved. When he was at the top of his game he was hard to beat. This montage is amazing still. Great movie.
argenware 4 years ago 2
I have always admired the famous "Brainwashing sequence" I think that's what it was, if I remembere correctly. I can't think of a bad Warren Beatty film that he starred in or directed.If you can, its rare.
000266617 4 years ago
Amazing. Weird, but amazing.
hutchydizzle 4 years ago
Fantastic ... Have always found this sequence haunting. Interestingly, the lecture sequence in the similarly themed 'Arlington Road', borrows heavily from this scene - even down to the George Washington images ... Let's just hope it encourages those haven't yet seen it to seek out this brilliant film.
kevanhughes 4 years ago 3