The Canadian Caper and How reality is delt with in moving pictures (or fiction).

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The Canadian Caper is the name given to the exfiltration operation of these six American citizens following a coordinated action by the CIA and the Canadian government to rescue them from Iran after and hostage-taking in the American ambassy in Teheran during the Iranian revolution of 1979. Ben Affleck's film Argo, released in theatres in 2012, traces the story of the Canadian Caper. How does the narrative of the Canadian Caper in the cinema reflect a glorification and heroization of American citizens?

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[...] This is the case with Mathieu Kassovitz's movie L'Ordre et la Morale (2011). We find there a character rather overwhelmed by the situation and who tries somehow to pick up the pieces rather than a hero constantly controlling the situation or managing to make everything right in the end. The two events have a different or even opposite turn and are treated in the cinema in a radically opposite way. One is peaceful, the other in the blood, one is sacralised, the other aims to highlight a reality denied by the authorities. [...]

[...] The Canadian Caper and How reality is delt with in moving pictures (or fiction). The Canadian Caper is the name given to the exfiltration operation of these six American citizens following a coordinated action by the CIA and the Canadian government to rescue them from Iran after and hostage-taking in the American ambassy in Teheran during the Iranian revolution of 1979. Ben Affleck's film Argo, released in theatres in 2012, traces the story of the Canadian Caper. We are going to watch a short clip from the movie. [...]

[...] Pictures. Canadian Caper international diplomatic incident Britannica Eastwood, C. (Director), (2015), American Sniper, Warner Bros. Pictures & Indiana Jones, Mad Chance, Malpaso Productions, Village Roadshow Studios. Ken Taylor and the "Canadian Caper" The Canadian Encyclopedia Kassovitz, M. (Director), (2011), L'Ordre et la Morale, Nord-Ouest Films, Orange Studios, UGC Images, France 2 Cinéma. [...]

[...] The movie ignores another reality: the inability of the United States to settle diplomatic tensions with Iran and to recover the 52 hostages still in captivity until January The fact that the film Argo deals only with the rescue operation, that it leaves aside the political situation, the question of the hostages, but that it concentrates on the cinema, the scenes in Hollywood, the agent of the CIA and the six American citizens to be extradited shows a search for sensationalism, but also a wish of turning the characters into heroes. The screenplay and the way of directing the movie reveals a heroization of the characters. It is all the more remarkable when the end of the film arrives. Everything happens in extremis. [...]

[...] On the screenshot of the movie, we see three of the main characters (the CIA agent and two Hollywood heavy figures) drinking to their luck like if fate had brought them together and help them make it through. The way this story was subsequently treated in the cinema is no exception in the genre. There are many films that deal with hostage-taking or that inherit individuals. For example, the movie American Sniper by Clint Eastwood takes place in this perspective. He turns a soldier into a hero, with a point of view bordering on propaganda. [...]