After the movement ended, the clergy represented by Khomeini took charge of the power. Khomeini promoted the US government as "Satan", the "enemy of Islam," and called on the Iranian people to demonstrate to the United States. On November 4, 1979, nearly 4,000 people gathered at the gate of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the capital of Iran, to protest. The protesters occupied the American Embassy, detained 52 American diplomats, and demanded that the United States surrender Pahlavi's hostages.
picture shows anti-American protesters burning the American flag in front of the embassy. This scene is restored in the movie.
When the embassy was occupied, six Americans managed to escape and hid in a nearby apartment. After the United States got the news, it was ready to rescue the six diplomats. Mendez was the former head of the disguise department, and the current head of the graphics and authentication department was responsible for this task. At that time, the CIA's intelligence agency in Iran had been almost completely destroyed, and Mendez faced a very difficult situation at that time. The State Department and the CIA discussed many plans, and even proposed hiring smuggling syndicates. Under this situation, Mendez proposed his own plan-playing as a filmmaker, leading a team to Iran for a site survey, so as to cover the return of 6 diplomats. This wild idea was immediately rejected. Mendez explained: "The situation in Tehran is very unusual now. In that case, why don't we design an unusual cover identity? No one can imagine a sensible spy. Use this cover identity".
At the same time, six diplomats moved between the various shelters. One of the diplomats contacted his friend Sheldon at the Canadian Embassy, and Sheldon readily agreed. In order to reduce the risk, they hid in the homes of Shelton and Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, waiting for rescue.
After the plan was finalized, Mendez approached his friend Chambers to immediately prepare the film. They established the script of "Argo" in a short period of time and established the sixth studio, named after the six diplomats who did not return. In order to make this movie more real, they also drew up a shooting plan and bought advertising and promotional space for this movie.
This picture is the promotional poster of "Argo" at the time.
After the preparatory work was completed, Mendez was going to fly to Iran to send passports to 6 diplomats and escort 6 diplomats back home. The pseudonyms of these 6 passports were designed by the CIA and issued by the Canadian government. Mendez called it "the most genuine fake passport."
After arriving in Iran, Mendez contacted six diplomats and explained the points of attention to the diplomats. On January 28, 1980, everyone disguised and set off for the airport.
Needless to say the final result, if it fails, we will not see this movie now.
The Iran hostage incident started when the United States took in Pahlavi. At that time, the U.S. government adopted various methods and means to communicate with the Iranian government in an attempt to rescue the hostages. But all these methods failed. At that time, the people were already impatient with the incident and the government. Therefore, the successful rescue of these six people had a very good effect on the restoration of the government's image and the shift of social attention at that time. And this matter has been kept secret until the new century. Mendez received the CIA's intelligence medal, and Chambers also received the first non-government employee's intelligence medal.
The Iran hostage incident led to the failure of the then U.S. President Carter’s re-election and deepened the conflict between the United States and Iran. The rescue of these six diplomats is also a model of modern inter-governmental cooperation, so when this movie chose this theme We are already facing a situation where the plot is already well-known to the audience. Therefore, there is no point in the drama without spoiler. As a "main theme" movie, how to deal with the government's role and responsibility in the incident, and how to react more truthfully to the authenticity of the incident, is a test of the director's skill. Director Ben Affleck studied Middle East issues as an undergraduate. He understated the contradiction of the problem to Pahlavi and weakened the role of the government in this contradiction. At the same time, the government’s inability to rescue the hostages and the contradictions and conflicts of interest between the departments also have a more real manifestation. Of course, it is only what the audience thinks is true, and the true truth may only be known to the parties.
As a historical film, the film has made ten percent sincerity in restoring the historical context. The tone of the whole film is slightly dark, and the shaky feeling of the opening lens makes this film to some extent a documentary. The editing and camera switching of the movie is even more of a director's skill. For example, at the beginning, the Iranian people besieged the embassy, and the embassy staff damaged documents. In this scene, three shots have already accounted for the six staff who later fled. The first time I watched a movie, I might not be aware of it at all, but when I watched it for the second time, I had to sigh for the director's heart.
Except for the film, the experience of director Ben Affleck is also a very touching legend. The 25-year-old and friend Matt Damon created the screenplay "Mind Catcher" and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. At that time, two young teenagers were excited on the podium and even said the words of the award were illogical. Later, he became famous and starred in many movies, but he was criticized by the audience because of his poor acting skills. He was even nominated for the Golden Plum Award six times and was satirized by the American people. Later, he turned to be a director. The second film won the Oscar nomination for best actor (not him), and the third film won the Oscar for best picture. As a result, Ben Affleck was successfully transformed from an actor mocked by the Hollywood group to the hottest director in Hollywood, and acting? Just be the male lead in your own play, spread your hands┑(￣Д ￣)┍.
But watching the movie, Affleck is really expressionless! However, as a gossip enthusiast, I may be more concerned about the big picture of the dog, spread the hand┑(￣Д ￣)┍.
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