State of Siege

Vincent Ward, 1978

Spine #760

Picked by 2 guests

Drama

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Vincent Ward

Written by Timothy White, Vincent Ward

Cinematography Alun Bollinger

Edited by Chris King

Cast Anne Flannery, Peggy Walker, John Bullock, Peter McCauley, Maime White, Dorothy McKegg, Jennifer Khan

Picked by

John Sayles director

“This is State of Siege. You know, I saw this, I had seen Z first. This is a movie in a very, very political time. You could actually, if you weren't an American, get away with making a very political movie. This was a filmmaker who had really a lot of political analysis about what was going on in the country but managed to make these thrillers. When we shot our movie Men with Guns, we didn't shoot in Guatemala... So we shot it in Mexico across the border.”

John Sayles

Gaspar Noe director

“Wow, I know, I was trying to find it. It's never been... State of Siege. I saw it as a kid. I saw it like 10 times in a row between the age of 10 and 12 because it was playing next to my House in Argentina and I could get in for free because I knew the guy. It's never been released in France, this DVD. Great movie.”

Gaspar Noe