Question 1

What profession was Warren Beatty's character originally supposed to have before it was changed?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Frady was originally written as a police officer, but at the suggestion of Warren Beatty and David Giler, he became a newspaper journalist instead.

Question 2

How did director Alan J. Pakula describe 'The Parallax View'?

Accepted Answer

Pakula called it 'sort of an American myth based on some things that have happened, some fantasies we may have had of what might have happened, and a lot of fears a lot of us have had.'

Question 3

What real-world event inspired the story of 'The Parallax View'?

Accepted Answer

Warren Beatty's campaigning for Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 and Kennedy's assassination served as inspiration for this film's story.

Question 4

What is the Parallax Corporation's primary enterprise in the film's source novel?

Accepted Answer

In the 1970 novel by Loren Singer that the film adapts, the Parallax Corporation's main business is political assassination.

Question 5

What recurring theme in the movie is explained by the meaning of 'parallax'?

Accepted Answer

A parallax refers to the difference in perspective when viewing the same object from different viewpoints, which represents the theme of looking at the same issue from different angles throughout the film.

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