DISQUS

estiv · 2 years ago

Yes yes yes. And in that scene where Redford has a mini-breakdown, babbling insane variations of his key stump-speech lines, there is (if I remember correctly) another telling moment. He's alone in the back seat of a car, on the way to yet one more campaign appearance, while two aides ride in front. When Redford starts babbling one of the aides turns around, looks at him, then faces front again, likes he's seen such things before, and knows that the candidate will still deliver at the next stop. Like such behavior is a little odd, but nothing worth stopping for. The car, and the campaign, continue on.

Chuck Tryon · 2 years ago

Thanks for this review. I'd somehow missed seeing The Candidate for years, but after reading your comments, I immediately went and watched it on Netflix (which is kind of cool).

I think you're right about the pivotal line. The recognition Redford has when his father delivers that line is devastating. The direction is subtle, especially as we gradually see McKay morph into a political machine.

Estiv, the scene is as you describe, and yes, McKay "delivers" when he gets to the next campaign stop, the parade where he leaps onto the back of the convertible, ready to conquer the world (or at least California).

The Viscount · 2 years ago

It's been too long since I've seen this one. Thanks for the excellent review and reminder.

Eric Ebacher · 9 months ago

One of the best movies that Robert Redford ever made, at least until "All the President's Men" came out (1976), when he played a newspaper reporter investigating the Watergate break-in, the subsequent cover-up, and all the events afterwards, including the ultimate resignation of the president of the United States. In "The Candidate", he plays a man running for U.S. Senate who promises to do what his opponent Crocker Jarmon also promised, but never followed through on.

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