Film Review #3

Argo (2012)

Cast:  Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin
Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Chris Terrio;  Tony Mendez ; Joshuah Bearman;
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller

Sinopsis: It's a political thriller directed by Ben Affleck. The plot of a picture is based on the real events — operations of intelligence services on rescue the six American diplomats from Tehran. They unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played—information that was not declassified until many years after the event.

The story opens on November 4, 1979 when Islamist militants took control of the U.S. Embassy in Iran. 52 Americans were taken hostage and held for 444 days until their eventual release. But six American's were able to sneak out of the Embassy and find refuge unbeknownst to the Iranian rebels. The CIA, lead by agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) hatched a plan to rescue the house entrapped Americans by posing as producers of a fictional science fiction film. The idea was that Mendez would land in Iran and then convince the six Americans to assume roles as screenwriters, directors and co-producers of the film and they would all fly out of the country together once location scouting was complete in 48 hours. In an effort to have the mission legitimized, Mendez recruited Hollywood producer Lester Siegel and Special Effects man John Chambers to green-light the script and give the entire project credibility. Privacy of operation remains up to the end. The role of intelligence services of the USA doesn't reveal in any way. At the end the management of CIA is going to note Tony Méndez's merits the highest award of CIA at the closed ceremony.

"Argo", without any doubt is very interesting and good movie with courageous and witty dialogues. Certainly it is heavy for viewers to remain indifferent to those real events. I appreciate this film because there is no long preface and delays, everything flashes at once as the flame and only inflames more strongly and strongly.

Also I like "Argo" for its atmosphere. Certainly it's marvellous.Affleck and all his team managed to transfer mood of that time, a make-up, suits, hairdresses, mass meeting reaction, a situation — it is simply amazing! That's why it's not casual, that the film won three Oscars forBest picture; Best adapted screenplay; and

Best film editing. To my mind "Argo" s worth for watching! It is a masterpiece in its genre.