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Sicario (2015)

Film

DirectorDenis Villeneuve

Meta takes2

Figures

Characters

The character of Alejandro Gillick

Form & technique

The Juarez border crossing sequence → Necropolitics
The narrative arc of Kate Macer
The use of Jóhann Jóhannsson's score and ambient sound
The tunnel raid sequence viewed through thermal and night vision

Tropes

The moral conflict between Kate Macer and Matt Graver
The task force's extralegal operations → The State of Exception

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