Shenanigans! Soderbergh revives the 40s war drama for some reason...probably because he loves old movies and he thought it would be fun: Clooney as Bogart, Blanchett as Bergman, Tobey Maguire as Peter Lorre. Too bad we're missing a good Sydney Greenstreet, and for that matter an Orson; the obliterated and occupied Berlin that Soderbergh summons to the screen, largely by dint of archival Soviet footage (rubble streets and close-ups of bundled proles, natch), consciously evokes The Third Man as often as Casablanca. In fact I should say Cate is much more Alida Valli than Ingrid, but you get the idea.
I stopped bothering with the plot at some point, simply enjoying the forms and the idea of Bogie saying fuck a lot.
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