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I want to talk about the ending and some of my theories. After Harry Caul received a call with no one on the line he resumes playing his sax and he then receives another phone call with Harrison Ford’s character Martin Stett playing back a recording of the crank call and the following moment of music being played.
In the skirmish, the voices of the girl and the businessman, to whom he handed over the tape with the conversation the day before, are clearly audible. Screams and noise on the balcony testify to the murder. He breaks into the crime scene, but does not find the victim’s body.
Stett calls Caul at his apartment, and warns him not to investigate, playing a recording of Caul's saxophone to prove they are listening. Caul frantically searches for bugs in his apartment, destroying nearly everything except his saxophone. In the end, Caul is left alone amid the wreckage, playing his saxophone, the only intact part of his life.
The movie is a thriller with a shocking twist at the end, but it is also a character study. Hackman plays a craftsman who has perfected his skill at the expense of all other human qualities; he lives in paranoia in a triple-locked apartment, and is terrified when it turns out his landlady has a key.
I’m at the point at the end where I wondered what we saw actually happened or were they delusions invented by Harry while losing his mind. It’s for those reasons that it’s my favorite movie about paranoia amongst all the “paranoid thrillers” of the 70’s.
Feb 4, 2001 · Here is a man who is paid to eavesdrop on a conversation in a public place. He succeeds, but then allows the tapes to be stolen. His triple-locked apartment is so insecure that the landlord is able to enter it and leave a birthday present.
Apr 19, 2020 · Harry thinks he’s listening in on private conversations. But if anything, the conversations are staged, and Harry is the one being watched and manipulated. The ambiguous ending. Harry struggles with guilt – so much so that it causes a breakdown.
