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ltmurnauOn the weekend I was up late and watched a short film (about one hour) called Strip Search. Made in 2004, think it must have been an HBO TV movie, directed by Sidney Lumet (who made so many great movies in the 70s but not recently), starring Glenn Close and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
The latter plays an American student in the hands of the Chinese police, being interrogated and humiliated over an e-mail she may or may not have sent, and a car she may or may not have rented. Close plays an FBI interrogator working over an Arab man, detained for some similar reason. The action cuts back and forth between both scenes as both interrogators use the same dialogue.
Kind of a clumsy, overstated way to make the point but the performances were good. On looking this up on imdb.com, more than one person noted that this film is rarely if ever broadcast.
The latter plays an American student in the hands of the Chinese police, being interrogated and humiliated over an e-mail she may or may not have sent, and a car she may or may not have rented. Close plays an FBI interrogator working over an Arab man, detained for some similar reason. The action cuts back and forth between both scenes as both interrogators use the same dialogue.
Kind of a clumsy, overstated way to make the point but the performances were good. On looking this up on imdb.com, more than one person noted that this film is rarely if ever broadcast.
