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Syriana

2005 · Thriller · Stephen Gaghan · 2h 8m

Five stories about oil, from a CIA officer to a Pakistani migrant worker to a Washington law firm, told without connecting them for you. Deliberately hard to follow.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly complicated
  • Clearly heavy

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  • At the Revolutionary Festival

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    In 1919 the poet D'Annunzio occupies the disputed city of Fiume, and an anarchist doctor, a rival with fascist leanings and a Russian pianist spying for Moscow are drawn together. There is a lot of history to follow.

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    Describe: At the Revolutionary Festival

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  • Casino

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    1995 · Crime

    A bookmaker is installed to run a mob-financed Las Vegas casino, and his enforcer friend and his wife pull the operation apart. Three hours of narration, money and paranoia.

    • Strongly realistic
    • Clearly heavy

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    Describe: Casino

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