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The Parallax View is one of the great paranoid thrillers of the 1970s. Which, when you consider how paranoid America was post-Watergate, is high praise indeed.

For my taste the suspenseful set pieces go on much too long, and the message -- that right-wing conspiracy is built into the American political and corporate structure -- is overstated.

Matters are helped along somewhat by an attractive and spirited cast, but not enough to keep the film consistently amusing.

In many ways the quintessential Hollywood auteur movie.

It goes overboard in pressing for its goal and consequently suffers from over-contrived treatment.

The mixed results are entertaining, if flawed.

It goes on and on, the slowness exacerbated by Preminger's customary long takes and by the endless parade of star cameos.