Analyzing The Movie 'Argo'
Argo” The Oscar Winning Movie for 2012
“They are going to try and break you,” and when you hear “I think my story is the only thing between you and a gun to your head” is a life changing event that makes you realize how important it is to cooperate. When you watch Argo starring Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, you know you are watching an Oscar nominee movie. The movie was written by Chris Terrio, based off of true events that occurred in 1979 which Tony Mendez (a CIA agent) led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Iran (rottentomatoes.com, 2012). According to oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/85th, “Argo” won three Oscar awards for best picture, best director (Ben Affleck), and best film editing (William Goldenberg). The critical …show more content…
The movie was based off of two books, “The Master of Disguise” by Antonio J. Mendez, and “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman (IMDB ARGO, 2012). Since the story came from the two books, Ben Affleck used a screen play to help format it for the film. The director needs to collaborate with the screenwriter, actors and the other members of the movie to help tell the story and since Ben wanted to bring it to a cinematic way to achieve the success he did with directing “Good Will Hunting” (Goodykoontz, and et al, 2011). If we tell the story in Argo, we would say it is about six diplomatic personnel in which a CIA agent (Mendez) secretly operates to rescue them from Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis (IMDB ARGO, 2012). Ben used the setting of the movie to tie closely to the time and place to help tell the story and it was very important to set the setting for the film’s element of the conflict and the symbolic meaning of Iran’s revolutionary era. The importance of the settings, conflicts, and the action are some key elements to telling the …show more content…
This theme is emphasized by courage and the wits to take on a daring task. The camera angles and shots brought out the true feelings of these diplomats and a CIA agent that showed bravery. The details of how these diplomats were confined to the rescue of Canada’s ambassador’s residence demonstrated how much they were willing to give up to stay alive. The lack of freedom, to stay hidden from Iranian forces, was making the diplomats impatient. Agent Mendez took on the courage to extract them, but knowingly it could be life or death for all seven of
“They are going to try and break you,” and when you hear “I think my story is the only thing between you and a gun to your head” is a life changing event that makes you realize how important it is to cooperate. When you watch Argo starring Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, you know you are watching an Oscar nominee movie. The movie was written by Chris Terrio, based off of true events that occurred in 1979 which Tony Mendez (a CIA agent) led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Iran (rottentomatoes.com, 2012). According to oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/85th, “Argo” won three Oscar awards for best picture, best director (Ben Affleck), and best film editing (William Goldenberg). The critical …show more content…
The movie was based off of two books, “The Master of Disguise” by Antonio J. Mendez, and “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman (IMDB ARGO, 2012). Since the story came from the two books, Ben Affleck used a screen play to help format it for the film. The director needs to collaborate with the screenwriter, actors and the other members of the movie to help tell the story and since Ben wanted to bring it to a cinematic way to achieve the success he did with directing “Good Will Hunting” (Goodykoontz, and et al, 2011). If we tell the story in Argo, we would say it is about six diplomatic personnel in which a CIA agent (Mendez) secretly operates to rescue them from Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis (IMDB ARGO, 2012). Ben used the setting of the movie to tie closely to the time and place to help tell the story and it was very important to set the setting for the film’s element of the conflict and the symbolic meaning of Iran’s revolutionary era. The importance of the settings, conflicts, and the action are some key elements to telling the …show more content…
This theme is emphasized by courage and the wits to take on a daring task. The camera angles and shots brought out the true feelings of these diplomats and a CIA agent that showed bravery. The details of how these diplomats were confined to the rescue of Canada’s ambassador’s residence demonstrated how much they were willing to give up to stay alive. The lack of freedom, to stay hidden from Iranian forces, was making the diplomats impatient. Agent Mendez took on the courage to extract them, but knowingly it could be life or death for all seven of