This documentary looks at a 1973 hostage taking at a sporting goods store in Bushwick in Brooklyn, and how it helped create the idea of permanent hostage negotiation units.
Tag: Hostage
Ônibus 174 (2002, José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda)
Bus 174 is a low-budget, overlong documentary about a bizarre hostage-taking incident in Brazil that was watched by the country on the news. The story itself is compelling in many ways but the actual film about the incident is kind of a mess. We might call it “completist” as it’s a 2.5 hour movie about …
Caged Terror (1973, directed by Barrie McLean, Kristen Weingartner): An Appreciation
Yesterday, I reminded myself that I am not the man I used to be. I drank lots of beer during the Sens game, and then promptly crashed during dinner, because I can’t drink like I used to, so I stopped drinking, so I crashed. Anyway, as a remedy, I decided I would watch a shitty …