Mike Pompeo Condemns ‘The Report’ as Fiction, Director Scott Z. Burns Responds
Secretary of State Pompeo criticized Burns’ film, which probes the CIA’s torture tactics following September 11.
Secretary of State Pompeo criticized Burns’ film, which probes the CIA’s torture tactics following September 11.
Below-the-line artisans dove into the making of three Amazon movies at IndieWire’s FYC event.
Amazon has joined the no box-office numbers club with “The Report.”
They’re both produced by Steven Soderbergh and written by his long-time collaborator Scott Z. Burns, but there the similarity ends.
The political thriller about the U.S. government’s use of torture after 9/11 stars Bening as Senator Dianne Feinstein and Driver as her staffer.
These are troubled times for Amazon Studios and its leader, Jennifer Salke, but the struggles do not belong to them alone.
Amazon and producer Steven Soderbergh wants to play with the theatrical windows strategy, and believe it will help the film’s Oscar chances.
While there’s promise in films like “Late Night” and “The Report,” once again it’s the doc lineup that has the strongest contenders.
He says he isn’t criticizing the film, but rather showing how the CIA tried to manipulate Hollywood.
Adam Driver and Annette Bening carry a dry and rigorous investigation of CIA torture that makes “Spotlight” feel like a Fellini movie, but that’s why it works.