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Posted: Wednesday March 1st, 2006 12:45 |
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/syriana/
Oil Change: A Campaign to Reduce Our Dependence on Oil
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Posted: Monday March 6th, 2006 10:55 |
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| I must be the only person who have seen this film
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Posted: Thursday March 23rd, 2006 04:56 |
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DANGER WILL ROBINSON *SPOILER ALERT*
Finally saw it. An expansive film, reminded me of Soderbergh's Traffic (which is fitting as he is one of the executive producers on this). As with Traffic it seeks to show a situation from different perspectives and levels of involvement. For me the most compelling sections were the political backstabbing in the oil companies and the demonisation and subsequent assassination of the Emir's eldest son. Less successful I feel was the portrayal of the suicide bombers, which felt rushed and probably needed a film all to itself. The surprising thing for me is that none of it was surprising to me - the USA "protecting" it's business interests through terrorism, investigations that scratch the surface and put up sacrificial lambs but are unable to get to the big fish. Perhaps it's a revelation to those that are not aware of the clandestine nature of USA and western governments and companies conduct. The most important point is when the lawyer Bennett Holiday knowing of the deep corruption of (two companies that wish to merge to become one of the worlds biggest companies with a higher GDP then Denmark we are told) and also his own company, observes that the deal is good for "US", good for the American people or for those living in the west, thus making us co-conspirators. We may have been shocked by what we have seen, but should be outraged by our complicity in it. Like him however we go home and forget about it until the next terrorist action occurs and we scream out confused and terrified “WHY?�
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Posted: Friday March 24th, 2006 15:06 |
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COLTRANE wrote: I must be the only person who have seen this film
No you are not. I have seen it. Not my thing, I do not like political movies as they are full of embellishments. Never objective, and usually boring. There are a few political films I have enjoyed in the past, Syriana is just not one of them.
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Posted: Tuesday April 11th, 2006 03:19 |
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'Syriana' plagiarized from me, says writer
PARIS, France (Hollywood Reporter) -- A French screenwriter living in Jordan has sued Warner Bros. Pictures, George Clooney's production company and writer-director Stephen Gaghan, alleging that their film "Syriana" plagiarized entire scenes and characters from a script she wrote several years ago.
Stephanie Vergniault's case comes up for hearing Monday at the Paris High Court, said her attorney, Jasna Hadley Stark. The filmmakers are being sued for 2 million euros ($2.4 million) and damages, Stark said.
Executives at Warner Bros. France said they were aware of the case but declined comment. A spokesman for Warners in the United States said, "While we have not seen a copy of this suit, we believe it is without merit and (we) will defend our position in court."
"I live in a part of the world where we have no access to the latest films, and I would never have seen 'Syriana' if a friend of mine based in Los Angeles hadn't alerted me," Vergniault said Tuesday.
"I saw the film entirely by accident, and I'm still in a state of shock that someone of the caliber of Stephen Gaghan could stoop so low. At least 15 to 20 scenes of the film -- the characters and how they develop, creative elements, the entire structure -- has been lifted directly from my script. I couldn't stop screaming when I first saw the film in a movie hall in L.A. First I thought I was going crazy, seeing my work on the screen, and then, when I realized what had happened, I was furious."
(Read about Gaghan's development of "Syriana.")
Vergniault, a specialist on geopolitics in the Middle East, claims that she worked on a script titled "Oversight" from 1997-2003, registering it with the French copyright body SACD in September 2004 and copyrighting it in the U.S. a month later. The script tells the story of a former CIA agent who is reassigned by the organization to reactivate an underground network in Afghanistan for the benefit of an American oil company.
"I have read the book by former CIA agent Robert Baer that is supposed to have inspired the story, and there is nothing in it that remotely resembles the scenes taken straight from my script," she said.
Clooney received an Academy Award last month for his supporting role in the film, while Gaghan was nominated for his screenplay. He originally sought eligibility in the adapted screenplay category, but the Academy switched him to the original screenplay race.
Upon learning of the switch in January, Gaghan said he did veer from Baer's memoir, "See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism," and conducted a great deal of original research that he incorporated into the script, but still considered it an adapted screenplay.
Copyright 2006 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
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Posted: Tuesday April 11th, 2006 14:13 |
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@ Coltrane
You say it is for 'mature' people. What do you mean? How 'mature' should one be to watch it? 
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Posted: Wednesday January 3rd, 2007 04:07 |
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| dvd is out
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