The Monopoly on Violence (2020)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 46分
演出 : Chris Cofer
シノプシス
This is a story of the violence and coercion that underlies our modern societies. Most of the time, our interactions are peaceful and consensual, but there is a large notable exception. The state maintains its power and ability to create law by the constant threat of force. It prohibits competition to its authority, and in this sense, represents a monopoly.
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
30年代半ばの中西部の大飢饉を題材に、あからさまにニューディール政策の側に立って、アメリカ農民の詩を謳う、スタインベックの同名小説の映画化。
殺人容疑で入獄していたトムは仮釈放で4年ぶりに故郷オクラホマの農場に戻るが、小作人として働いていた一家は既に凶作の土地を逃れさったあとだった。叔父の家で家族と再会した彼は、みなで遥かカリフォルニアに行き、職を求めるのだったが……。
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
凄腕の企業乗っ取り屋エドワードは、モースが経営する会社を買収するためロサンゼルスへ。ビバリーヒルズのホテルに泊まり、夜のハリウッドをドライブすると、そこで若い売春婦ビビアンと出くわす。彼女を気に入ったエドワードは1週間もの間、彼女を雇って自分のそばにいさせる。やがて2人の間には本物の愛情が芽生え始めるが、片やビジネスマンで片や売春婦。暮らす世界の違いからビビアンは彼と別れる決心を固める。
大量解雇が行なわれたウォール街の投資会社。辞めた同僚からUSBメモリーを引き継いだアナリストのピーター。データを解析したピーターは会社の危機的事態に気付く。ケヴィン・スペイシー主演の金融サスペンス。
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石油利権が渦巻く中東を舞台に、ベテランCIA工作員の暗躍をドキュメンタリー・タッチで描いた政治サスペンス。改革に意欲的な王子ナシールが王位継承権を持つ中東のとある小国。長年危険な諜報活動に従事してきたCIA工作員のボブ・バーンズは息子の大学進学を機に引退を決意する。そんなボブに最後の極秘指令が下される…。
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神聖なほどに美しいグレタ・ガルボがコミカルな演技を披露したロマンティック・コメディ。貴族から没収した宝石を売却しようとするソ連と、そうはさせじとする貴族たち。それぞれの手先となった男女が恋に落ちてしまう。
1979年、父の教えである質素倹約を掲げる保守党のマーガレット・サッチャーが女性初のイギリス首相となる。“鉄の女”の異名を取るサッチャーは、財政赤字を解決し、フォークランド紛争に勝利し、国民から絶大なる支持を得ていた。しかし、彼女には誰にも見せていない孤独な別の顔があった。
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