George Clooney Put Himself Through The Wringer To Prepare For Syriana
Stephen Gaghan's 2005 film "Syriana" is a gritty and intense espionage thriller based on the 2003 book "See No Evil," and it came at a time in cinema history -- specifically, in the eight years following 9/11-- when such thrillers became more interested in the on-the-ground violence and byzantine bureaucracy of lies that goes into starting wars in the Middle East. Gaghan's screenplay for "Syriana" -- like his previous hit "Traffic" -- is massively complicated, taking place in a dozen countries, and involving multiple storylines, some of which only connect in circuitous ways. It may be a difficult film to follow, but it did...
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