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Syriana: Film Review
The Film America Had Coming: While sports fans conjuror up the fantasy team rosters of their wildest dreams, Section 8 films lived out a fantasy casting experience. The list: an aging, but handsome CIA spook coming to terms with his unquestioned past. A young blued-eyed American who's financial consulting tosses him into a game of Iranian Royalty rivalry. An unlikely Washington Bureaucrat climbing the ranks by taking names from the buried files of statesmen with oil-stained pockets. Lots of Texas good ole boys in pinstripes with a gleam in the eye for power, but creases in their brows from skeletons knocking on their closet doors. Any admirer of political intrigue would go to town on this casting call and ‘Syriana' did no less. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Christopher Plummer and Tim Blake Nelson all hammer masterful performances. Fantasy aside, while the rest of the box-office is giddy with Goblets, Lions, Witches, and 50-foot gorillas, Gaghan's adaptation of Baer's novel burns close to a truth we're forced to ignore. Gaghan, Soderbergh and Clooney are provoking a controversial issue that will no more alarm than it will summarize what a majority of American audiences already believe. The script's multiple view points does justice to the complex web of corruption dancing around the oil fields of the gulf region. No one story can embody Oil's grasp on the world as it's not a tale of good guys and bad guys, but there are car chases and explosions. There are honest people working with the best intentions at America's Oil companies, but no more than the heartfelt intentions of the Arab world's disaffected youth who bomb their pipelines. Read the complete review by Jason Cangialosi at the links provided.
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Contributor's Note
When the past meets future for Jason, the moment is fueled by a creative background in music, writing, film and philosophy providing a nexus of the complex world to come. He is currently a freelance writer and ghostwriter of books, articles and screenplays.
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Syriana: Politics of Petroleum
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