Summary: In this preview of the fifth episode of <strong><em>Slate</em></strong>'s Conspiracy Thrillers Movie Club, Sam Adams is joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/mattzollerseitz">Matt Zoller Seitz</a>, the editor in chief of RogerEbert.com and TV critic for <em>New York</em>, to talk about <em>The Parallax View</em>. They discuss the film’s famous brainwashing scene and the <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2012/05/alfred_hitchcock_on_the_essential_filmmakers_tool_the_great_kuleshov_effect.html">Kuleshov effect</a>, the strange character of protagonist Joe Frady, and what makes a true paranoid thriller.<br><br><em>To listen to the full episode and learn more about this </em><strong><em>Slate Plus </em></strong><em>members-only Movie Club, visit </em><a href="http://slate.com/thrillers"><em>Slate.com/thrillers</em></a><em>.</em>
