Went to the movies recently with TLW (The
Little Woman) and saw a great motion picture starring Ben Afleck, John
Goodman, Bryan Cranston and Alan Arkin in ‘ARGO’, about the 1980 joint
CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic
personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
The movie, directed by Ben Affleck: and this
guy is a talent, takes you back in history during those terrible days of the
hostage situation!
It was a splendid mix of both newsreel and
Hollywood, and tells the remarkable story of how Hollywood rose to the occasion
of patriotic duty, devising a clever and intricate scheme to fool the Iranian
hostage takers and revolutionary government.
Argo is the name of a movie or screen-play
that is used not to bring in viewers or sell tickets, but set up to make the
Iranians THINK there is a legitimate movie, when in fact it is a ruse.
It is a movie that will bring you back in
time. The cast, the wardrobe and the background scenery are all done so well
that it is hard to believe it is not real. If you remember your history then
you know the outcome, but still are on the edge of your seat, the tension high
and you have to keep reminding yourself how it ended.
I won’t tell you more than I have, and I will
tell you if you haven’t seen this movie, you better get to it before it is
gone! It does a very good job of explaining the hatred toward the Shah and the
US, and why we are where we are today. If there is one criticism I have, it is
that unless you know the history, as they introduce the characters in the
movie, they never tell you who they are or what their title is.
TLW completely agrees with me that the movie
was suspenseful and well executed.
I really loved the character played by Alan
Arkin as a crusty old Hollywood veteran director. Do yourself a favor and don’t miss it!
2 comments:
Courtney and I watched it last night and loved it! Ben Affleck is a really talented director AND actor. I vaguely remember the Iran Hostage crisis because I was 7 years old at the time. I mostly remember seeing it on the news every night and watching the Iranians burn Jimmy Carter in effigy in the streets. It scared me! Alan Arkin was fantastic, wasn't he? And I don't know if you recognized it -- but a lot of the Hollywood shots were filmed on the Warner Brothers studio lot, where we shoot The Big Bang Theory.
-#1 Son
Yes Anthony, we caught the shots at WB immediately! It was a great movie.
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