2005, a conversation – “Syriana”

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “Michael Clayton” (Tony Gilroy, 2007)
• “Up in the Air” (Jason Reitman, 2009)
• “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (George Clooney, 2005)
• “The Big Short” (Adam McKay, 2015)
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “The Godfather: Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
• “Traffik” (Simon Moore, 1989)
• “Traffic” (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
• “Paradise Now” (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)
• “United 93” (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
• “Thank You for Smoking” (Jason Reitman, 2005)
• “Kick-Ass” (Matthew Vaughn, 2010)
• “Airplane!” (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980)
• “The Constant Gardener” (Fernando Meirelles, 2005)
• “Everything Is Illuminated” (Liev Schreiber, 2005)
• “A History of Violence” (David Cronenberg, 2005)
• “Capote” (Bennett Miller, 2005)
• “North Country” (Niki Caro, 2005)
• “Jarhead” (Sam Mendes, 2005)
• “Walk the Line” (James Mangold, 2005)
• “Rent” (Chris Columbus, 2005)
• “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (Tommy Lee Jones, 2005)
• “Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
• “The New World” (Terence Malick, 2005)

Audio quotation:

• “Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)