Traffic
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The year is 2000. The world is terrified of the Y2K bug, but not as terrified as Hollywood Directors were of Steven Soderbergh, who felt that his best chance of a Best Director Oscar was to be nominated twice, which paid off with a win for Traffic. Traffic tells the story, well, three stories actually, of the war on drugs from the viewpoint of a drug lord and his wife, a drug czar and his kid, and a drug cop and his Mexico. An ensemble cast stars in this multi-filtered flick, whose last names include Douglas, Cheadle, del Toro, Quaid, Zeta-Jones, Guzman, and Grace to name a few, and this drew in the crowds as this movie made $207M from a $50M budget and drew critical acclaim in the form of four Academy Awards, which is a feat considering the competition from 2000. But does it hold up? Listen as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss the beauty of Mexico, consistent colour palates and how much hand-held camera is enough as we try to figure out if this one is getting stopped at the border or if we have green lights all the way to Tijuana and back again.
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