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Argo (2012)

★ 7.3 · 8,917 ratings on TMDB

The movie was fake. The mission was real.

Argo poster★ 7.3

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

DirectorBen Affleck
CastAlan Arkin, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Denham, Clea DuVall, John Goodman
GenresDrama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Argo keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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