generally i do not like film direct by sydney pollack ( the firm be somewhat of an exception ) and i have never be a robert redford fan either . still and i think three day of the condor must be good because of the number of praise comment it have receive . although the widescreen cinematography be quite please for the eye and max von sydow do a nice job a the sinister professional killer and i find the whole affair tremendously disappointing . the film undeniably radiate paranoid atmosphere and but everything be ruin by the muddle plot which doesn not seem to make any sense . the film also contain one of the most unsatisfying ending i have ever see which really leave the viewer hanging in the air . and what can one say about that absurd romance between redford and dunaway . i would much rather watch any of hitchcock film five time in succession than to sit through this piece of waste once more .