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4 films tagged with “information”
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley does almost nothing in this film, and the almost-nothing is the method. He sits in chairs and listens. He reads files. He asks questions that are one sentence long and then waits, sometimes for a very long…
Sneakers
The MacGuffin in Sneakers is a small black box that decrypts everything. Plug it into the Federal Reserve and the accounts open. Plug it into air traffic control and the system is legible. Plug it into the power grid, mi…
All the President's Men
The film's real subject is a method, and the method is stated once, almost in passing. In a conspiracy like this, you build from the outer edges in. Nobody in the Washington Post newsroom has access to the centre, so the…
Three Days of the Condor
Joe Turner's job description is one of the most precise metaphors for knowledge work ever put on screen. He works for the CIA, but not in the way anyone imagines working for the CIA. His office is a brownstone in New Yor…