Director:
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Zal Batmanglij
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Country:
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USA
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Year:
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2012
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Running Time:
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116 mins
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Principle Cast:
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Brit Marling
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Sarah Moss
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Alexander Skarsgard
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Benji
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Ellen Page
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Izzy
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Toby Kebbell
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Doc
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Shiloh Fernandez
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Luca
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Patricia Clarkson
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Sharon
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Introduced at the Edinburgh International Film
Festival 2013 by Zal Batmanglij as a movie that can be approached from
different prospective and viewpoints, which I suspect he meant depended on your
personnel view of the films subject matter. It's a thriller about a question
that is getting ever harder to answer: the difference between right and wrong
and how far you would go to punish those that in your opinion are carrying out
the wrongs.
There's always two sides in a conflict and in this
case it involves a group of eco-warriors known as The East who set out to punish corporate
terrorists who earn millions while ordinary people are left to suffer the
consequences of there evil crimes against the environment and public health. Ex
FBI agent Sarah Moss is recruited by independent security firm Hiller Brood to
infiltrate an anarchist collective in an attempt to put a stop to what are
known as 'jams', operations carried out by the group against the evils of
modern corporations. Sarah begins to question the morals of her assignment and therefore
has to decide where her sympathies lie.
Brit Marling and Batmanglij wrote the story in 2009
after the collapse in 2008 of the Corporate Banks that left ordinary bank
employees out of work and feeling cheated by the system. The pair questioned if
there was there some way, cinematically, of getting their own back on these
uncaring organizations. They both went to live among various collectives for 12
months gathering up their political prospective which enabled them to build up
there ideas for the story. This film is a thriller with a difference and says a
lot about modern America where serious ecological matters are not spoken about
openly and maybe, just maybe the character of Sarah Moss reflects the real life
case of Edward Snowden?
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