![]() In Live By Night (2016), Affleck is the bootlegger-cum-major gangster. ![]() His 2010 film The Town, based on the book Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, depicted a bunch of ordinary, unspectacular men whose lives are irreversibly altered by choosing to undertake a reckless, deadly bank robbery. The question of how one singular courageous, seemingly ridiculous risk can have immense, unforeseen ramifications for individuals and entire communities immediately and for generations to come is a preoccupation of Affleck’s movies. That versatility is explored in the tale of a bunch of paunchy, middle-aged sports marketing executives working in Nike’s bland, open-plan office littered with 1980s paraphernalia (dial phones, ancient Apple Macs, Rubik’s cubes, cassettes and VHS tapes). ![]() In Air’s Bateman, Damon, Messina-and Marlon Wayans particularly-Affleck has chosen actors who can deliver dramatic work with gravitas as believably and impressively as they deliver poker-faced, dark comedic one-liners. Like the stellar lineup he’s assembled for Air, his Argo casting was the crème de la crème of versatile comedy-drama veterans: George Clooney, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin. As the CIA operative Tony Mendez, Affleck was charming, ridiculous and thrilling. Argo (2012) was an exaggerated account of a CIA exfiltration specialist pretending to be a major Hollywood producer in order to secure the release of six Americans held captive in Tehran. And there’s a romantic nostalgia to this era of the sporting business, before online gambling and liquor ads overwhelmed fans of any sport.Īffleck has an affinity with true stories through the dramatic lens of a screenwriter’s largesse. Accomplished director, producer and actor Ben Affleck’s Air relates the story of a lowly Nike employee (Vaccaro) trying to convince basketball star Michael Jordan to sign onto a business deal when competing brands Converse and adidas have achieved superiority in the burgeoning sneaker, basketball and commercial sports market.įor an audience that grew up with Nike Air Jordans, the story of how such a fashion icon came to be is fascinating.
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