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Three Days of the Condor: Joubert’s Houndstooth Coat

Max von Sydow as Joubert in Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Max von Sydow as Joubert in Three Days of the Condor (1975)

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Max von Sydow as G. Joubert, French Alsatian contract assassin

Chevy Chase, Maryland, Christmas 1975

Film: Three Days of the Condor
Release Date: September 24, 1975
Director: Sydney Pollack
Costume Designer: Joseph G. Aulisi

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

Unlike BAMF Style holiday favorites Die HardOn Her Majesty’s Secret Service, or The Thin ManThree Days of the Condor doesn’t directly address its Christmas setting, instead letting the otherwise cheery atmosphere, decor, and music be infiltrated by the increasing paranoia of its leading character, CIA researcher Joe Turner (Robert Redford), forced on the run after a massacre at his office.

Engineered by CIA Deputy Director Leonard Atwood (Addison Powell)’s secret intra-agency faction, the massacre was carried out under the supervision of Joubert, an enigmatic contract killer who takes it upon himself to finish the job after a timing snafu allows Turner, alias “Condor”, to escape. Continue reading

Aaron Cross’s Biker Jacket in The Bourne Legacy

Jeremy Renner looking intently at something as Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy.

Jeremy Renner looking intently at something as Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy (2012).

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Jeremy Renner as Kenneth J. Kitsom, aka Aaron Cross, U.S. Department of Defense agent who does not have amnesia

Maryland and the Philippines, February 2005

Film: The Bourne Legacy
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Director: Tony Gilroy
Costume Designer: Shay Cunliffe

Background

People anticipated the release of The Bourne Legacy with nervous excitement. Most people I knew were very satisfied with the initial Bourne trilogy, ranking it among the better movie trilogies out there. People always ask for more until they actually get it. Case in point: Star Wars, Episode I. Continue reading