The audio tape played throughout The Conversation ("He'd KILL us if he had the chance") gets inflected differently at the end of the film ("He'd kill US if he had the chance," which suggests that either the audience is hearing the ostensibly "objective" recording through Harry Caul's ears or that some other authorial source is manipulating information. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]