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Farce around The Interview turns into thriller - Sony succumbs to threat from unknown source

Things keep getting crazier with The Interview, the US comedy in which the CIA wants to implicate two television journalists in an assassination attempt on the leader of North Korea.

You could almost say that film has once again been overtaken by reality.

Although it is not yet crystal clear what exactly is going on. What does seem certain is that US moviegoers will be deprived of a presumably wacky comedy at Christmas. Or spared. That will be a matter of taste.

The trade...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Things keep getting crazier with The Interview, the US comedy in which the CIA wants to implicate two television journalists in an assassination attempt on the leader of North Korea.

You could almost say that film has once again been overtaken by reality.

Although it is not yet crystal clear what exactly is going on. What does seem certain is that US moviegoers will be deprived of a presumably wacky comedy at Christmas. Or spared. That will be a matter of taste.

The trade...

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