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McDonagh sets Wild Horse Nine on Easter Island landscapes
Hindustan Times··18 Sept
Director Martin McDonagh set Wild Horse Nine on Easter Island after visiting years ago, premiering at Venice then Toronto. John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play CIA colleagues as Chile nears the 1973 end of Salvador Allende's government. Steve Buscemi plays the CIA chief in Santiago. McDonagh won a 2006 Oscar for short film Six Shooters.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Festival audiences see Chile's 1973 coup backdrop through CIA agents debating loyalty.
- Tourism stories may spotlight Easter Island moai sites featured as a story character.
- Arthouse viewers tracking McDonagh get another dark buddy dynamic after In Bruges.
What's Happening
- The film earned standing ovations starting at Venice.
- Cast includes Mariana di Girolamo, Parker Posey and Tom Waits.
- Rockwell described the leads as an odd couple whose fights resemble a marriage.
Chile 1973 backdrop for the film
- Plot follows two CIA colleagues in the final hours before a US-backed military coup.
- McDonagh also directed Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
- Easter Island's terrain and ocean frame the drama.
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