{"id":217,"date":"2006-03-05T01:15:42","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T23:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bernhardsson.com\/patrik\/wp\/?p=217"},"modified":"2009-02-12T14:13:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T13:13:42","slug":"everything-is-connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bernhardsson.com\/patrik\/journal\/2006\/03\/05\/everything-is-connected\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything is connected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Syriana<\/a><\/div>\n
My rating: 3 out of 5<\/p>\n
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From writer\/director Stephen Gaghan, winner of the Best Screenplay Academy Award for Traffic, comes Syriana, a political thriller that unfolds against the intrigue of the global oil industry. From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, the film’s multiple storylines weave together to illuminate the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and power. As a career CIA operative (George Clooney) begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to, an up-and-coming oil broker (Matt Damon) faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with an idealistic Gulf prince (Alexander Siddig). A corporate lawyer (Jeffrey Wright) faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies, while across the globe, a disenfranchised Pakistani teenager (Mazhar Munir) falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic cleric. Each plays their small part in the vast and complex system that powers the industry, unaware of the explosive impact their lives will have upon the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jag har f\u00f6r mig att jag i n\u00e5got tidigare inl\u00e4gg klagat p\u00e5 hur en del asiatiska filmer \u00e4r upplagda, att det inte riktigt klipper filmer s\u00e5 att vi v\u00e4sterl\u00e4nningar h\u00e4nger med. Jag var f\u00f6rberedd p\u00e5 att detta skulle vara en r\u00f6rig film, d\u00e5 det f\u00f6r det f\u00f6rsta \u00e4r en film om amerikansk politik (kan det bli r\u00f6rigare?) och f\u00f6r det andra \u00e4r det en film av samma person som skrev Traffic<\/a>, vilket ocks\u00e5 \u00e4r en ganska r\u00f6rig film. Den k\u00e4nns v\u00e4ldigt r\u00f6rig och jag och flickv\u00e4nnen hade en kort diskussion efter filmen f\u00f6r att reda ut dom fr\u00e5getecken vi hade, \u00e4ven om en del konstigheter till slut reds ut. Dock det \u00e4r en ganska s\u00e5 upplysande film, som \u00e4r v\u00e4rd att ses.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n