He questions the issues of commitment and personal integrity in a corrupt and violent society, the conflict between the individual and the world surrounding him. Film after film he draws the portrait of an American identity crisis. Pollack is a child of American cinema, who enjoys working within the old genres of his childhood, giving them new vitality, and switching from one genre to another, he is primarily a filmmaker of his era. The Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, the lack of authority of the new President, Gerald Ford, the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the arrival of the Khmer Rouge to power in Cambodia and the installation of a communist regime in Laos clearly mark the decline of America on the world stage.

Portrait of an Era: The film was released in 1975. A political thriller set against the backdrop of an oil crisis, Three Days of the Condor narrates the race between a conspiratorial organization operating within the CIA and the agent Condor who tries to escape. One day, returning from lunch, he finds all his co-workers murdered. A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really. Three Days of the Condor (1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Portrait of a film: Joseph Turner aka Condor, played by Robert Redford, is an unsuccessful novelist who works for the CIA, reading spy novels in search of ideas or leaks.

Sydney Pollack directed Three Days of the Condor in 1974.

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