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Story summary
- The late 1960s and early 1970s featured war, political scandals, and violence that influenced cinema with a pervasive sense of dread.
- Films such as Alan J. Pakula’s Paranoia Trilogy and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation reflect corruption and helplessness.
- Todd Haynes’s film follows Carol, a housewife with mysterious illnesses, symbolizing broader societal unease.
- It suggests that if society is unwell, individuals cannot escape its effects.
