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This time last year, I was attending multiple film festivals (one, two, and three) at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. With multiple film festivals in DC and the Sundance Film Festival happening right now, I have tried to incorporate a little bit of that into life this semester as a 1L.
The first film I saw in my version of a film festival was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The film, directed by Tomas Alfredson, is set during the Cold War and the protagonist, retired spy George Smiley, is forced out of retirement to uncover a Soviet agent suspected of being in MI6's echelons. It is a really well-made film that has a subdued tone and not a ton of dialogue, forcing the viewer to really...
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