Episode 153 - Send Lawyers, Guns & Money: The Coups of Costa-Gavras

From Greece, to Chile, to Uruguay, to the Third Reich, if right-wing totalitarianism has ruled a land then Costa-Gavras has probably made a film there, or in a more politically friendly country that can pass for there. Focusing on his masterpieces Missing (1982) - about Pinochet's military coup of Chile in 1973 - and State of Siege (1972) - about the kidnapping of a US "diplomat" (read: torturer) by leftist Uruguayan guerrillas in 1970. Along the way we touch on his other masterpieces - Z (1969) and Special Section (1975) - as well as many other films in his back catalogue, including his brief sojourn to Hollywood, which saw the radical director form an unlikely partnership with hack screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. Along the way, we fire back at CIA lies and New York Times false news.