Beasts of the Southern Wild

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Argo

Argo, a quite truthful film about making a movie but not for real...

Review from The Guardian

Argo, directed by Ben Affleck, was released in 2012; it’s a thriller about the American hostage crisis in Tehran in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution.

This movie focuses on the character of Tony Mendes, played by Affleck himself. He was the CIA agent who freed the American hostages who had managed to hide in the Canadian Embassy.

Nowadays, Hollywood movies rarely bother with historical accuracy, but this movie (which won the 2013 Best Picture Oscar) sticks closely to the facts. The director has done a great job: every camera shot will give you the impression of being in the thick of the action. We are there, with Tony and the hostages, at every single moment. For example: the scene when the hostages left in the American Embassy get interrogated will really make you sweat!

Affleck has really captured the intensity of the emotions that Tony Mendes, the hostages, and the CIA staff felt during the rescue operation. Also, we learn a lot about the US's foreign relations at the end of the '70s.

Article by Gauthier Genes (Sainte-Marie)