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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Conspirator
Tonight I watched "The Conspirator", a film by Robert Redford that follows the military trial of Mary Surratt, the woman hanged for her part in the conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln. It is a well constructed film with a host of great performances, but it clearly seeks to sell the notion that Surratt was innocent. For Redford, her innocence is vital in linking the perceived injustice of the tribunal to the Gitmo courts of today; but he does it subtly, so subtly that ten years down the road the unspoken association will be lost to the viewer. B+/A-
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