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Hail, Caesar! (2016)

★ 5.9 · 3,987 ratings on TMDB

Lights. Camera. Abduction.

Hail, Caesar! poster★ 5.9

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

DirectorEthan Coen, Joel Coen
CastAlden Ehrenreich, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Jonah Hill, Josh Brolin
GenresComedy, Crime, Drama, History
The emergence reading

Hail, Caesar! keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E9/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, authority, prejudice, corruption, politics.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Life of Brian (1979)E9 · authority, politicsX-Men (2000)E9/E11 · authority, powerHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E9 · authority, powerFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)E9 · authority, powerThe Incredibles (2004)E9 · authority, powerThe Wave (2008)E9 · authority, power

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Blade II (2002)E4/E10 · rare rung · politics, powerYogi Bear (2010)E7/E10 · rare rung · corruption, politicsRise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudiceIron Sky (2012)E12/E14 · rare rung · politics, prejudiceDragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudiceOsmosis Jones (2001)E6/E8 · rare rung · authority, prejudice

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Burn After Reading (2008)dir. Ethan CoenNo Country for Old Men (2007)dir. Ethan CoenTrue Grit (2010)dir. Ethan CoenThe Man Who Wasn't There (2001)dir. Joel CoenFargo (1996)dir. Joel CoenO Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)dir. Joel Coen