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No! Equilibrium is about suppression of emotions through drugs and prohibition of arts. Yesterday I happened to see the movie and it occurred to me that unlike in other dystopic plots it doesn't at all deal with surveillance itself. On the contrary: Even the interrogation of Mary O'Brien seems to go unsupervised. The technology displayed looks primitive. On the streets Preston runs around behaving very emotional. No one notices except for his partner. This movie is not about surveillance at all. — Preceding
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Actually the camera supervising them is constantly shown; as were references such as the (private) conversation between Partridge and Preston by the "reading on my dreams" sarcastic comment towards the end — Preceding
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Headhunters deserves a spot on the list. The art thief's accomplice works in surveillance and has surveillance in his home that plays an important part in the plot. The art thief is pursued my means of high-tech GPS tracking.
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I see a lot of entries about directors and recordings (not to mention even indirect mentions of using devices to check something). I think Bowfinger should be included since it is slightly similar to most of the themes used in the entries — Preceding
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The scope of this list is currently defined as "films that feature surveillance as a theme or as a plot arc". Strictly speaking, this would also include physical surveillance, such as following a person and watching him/her e.g. using binoculars, peering through windows, and the like. However, looking at the list, I'm not sure whether this broader interpretation would apply or not - it seems that technical surveillance may have been the intended scope of this list.
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12:16, 21 March 2017 (UTC)reply
On second look, there are entries such as Cape Fear and Rear Window - both featuring purely physical surveillance I believe.
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12:22, 21 March 2017 (UTC)reply
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GregorB: The sources did not make a distinction between physical and technical, so it probably does not matter. I would assume newer films emphasize technical surveillance more anyway. Hard to imagine a modern film having physical surveillance!
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