The Conversation, Directed By Francis Coppola

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This fact emphasizes how he is a loner even more. His secrecy is even greater emphasized when he travels to see his girlfriend, Eve.
When he arrives Harry mentions it's his birthday and she didn't even know. This fact triggers Eve's curiosity even more and she tries to find out more about him. Harry won't tell her where he works or where he even lives. He becomes upset with these questions and tells her to stop. Someone becoming nervous about these simplest of questions shows incredible insecurity, and paranoia. This side of him is strange as it completely contrasts and is hypocritical with his treatment of other people.
Harry dives into other peoples' lives, it's his instinct to survey. Upon entering Eve's apartment he stops at the top of the stairwell and listens. She then tells him that how he slowly and quietly puts the key into the door, then opens it quickly it seems as if he's trying to catch her doing something. Eve even tells Harry she feels like he listens to ...

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to the conversation Harry recorded the viewers are keyed onto certain passages. One is when the two subjects are talking about the bum. The woman says how sorry she feels for the bum and the man replies, "He isn't hurting anyone." To which she responds "neither are we." Here we are given the notion that these two are lovers.
When Harry tries to turn his tapes into the director the assistant director attempts to take them. At this moment Harry begins to wonder what they are use for. He takes his tapes and leaves. But leaving the building Harry sees the two subjects he recorded. Here is where Harry's conscience and the fact that the narration is restrictive plays a large part. ...

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