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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: OSCARS '82: Missing
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of kidnapping, political murder, military, genocide, disappearance, family strife, military dictatorship.
It's a rare chance we get to watch a ripped-from-the-headlines movie that's as much a family drama as a political thriller. But Greek director Costa-Gavras loves complicating our expectation of a political movie, and he's willing to defy conventional movie wisdom to try and make us feel like we're in the middle of a coup d'etat. There's no resolution, the story is a bit disjointed, but for Costa-Gavras and the...