10K Posts Film Club: Enemy of the State (1998)
Added 2022-08-02 08:46:36 +0000 UTCThis week, we take a retrospective look at the movie Enemy of the State, a Will Smith / Gene Hackman vehicle about the dangers of government surveillance, as the entire force of the NSA is brought to bear against a single man for being tangentially involved in an embarrassing incident for a politician.
This episode does not feature a plot summary, this is a long conversation about a movie that has an extremely large amount to say.
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Just occurred to me, before listening to this one, that you probably brought that up.
Tovfly
2022-08-06 20:30:41 +0000 UTCApologies. Like Michael Owen, I've only ever seen 8 films, and 6 of those have been Godzilla
Ten Thousand Posts
2022-08-05 09:29:20 +0000 UTCThe Conversation is great as well! The pivotal scene is all about social awkwardness I found on my most recent rewatch.
Toby
2022-08-04 22:20:16 +0000 UTCGreat choice as well though btw, absolutely loving this :)
Toby
2022-08-04 22:05:46 +0000 UTCRidley Scott made Prometheus bro! Cos he made original Alien! It was his bro, bro!
Toby
2022-08-04 21:59:05 +0000 UTCActual incidence of the Torment Nexus meme!
Cat Mara
2022-08-03 19:40:33 +0000 UTCFor those confused "OSINT" that is used from 47 mins on is "Open Source INTelligence" which is using open information combined with other sources to replicate state surveillance capabilities.
Tess
2022-08-02 21:36:29 +0000 UTCNice continuity for Gene Hackman from the Conversation to this
Tovfly
2022-08-02 20:34:59 +0000 UTCnot an exact parallel but it most reminded me of Three Days of the Condor - complete with the ambiguous ending where the immediate danger is stopped but the real villains remain free. also completely fucking wild that the NSA actually took inspiration from this movie
Nemo
2022-08-02 11:03:33 +0000 UTC
