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Martin McDonagh Says Present Day Parallels to 1970s CIA Movie ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Weren’t Deliberate: ‘Things Are Getting Stupider’

Venice Film Festival: “When I wrote the film and when we made it, it was to talk about 1973 and Chile,” the Oscar-winning writer-director says When Oscar-winning “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” filmmaker Martin McDonagh made…

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Martin McDonagh explained at the Venice Film Festival that his new film “Wild Horse Nine” was written to address the CIA’s 1973 involvement in Chile. He noted that while the story is set in that historical period, its release now coincides with what he describes as “aggressive actions abroad” by the Trump Administration. McDonagh said the contemporary parallels were not intentional, adding that “things are getting stupider.” The filmmaker’s comments link the film’s Cold‑War narrative to current geopolitical concerns, framing the work as both a period piece and a commentary on present‑day U.S. foreign policy.

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