State of siege /
Costa-Gavras puts the United States involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. offici...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Director-approved, Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
760. |
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| Summary: | Costa-Gavras puts the United States involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Widescreen (1.66:1). Special features: New conversation between director Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie; NBC News excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan Mitrione, on which the film is based; Plus: an essay by journalist Mark Danner. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded leaf. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Music Mikis Theodorakis ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; editor, Franc̦oise Bonnot. |
| ISBN: | 9781604659825 1604659823 |