Talk about timely.

Gus Van Sant returns to the Venice Film Festival for the first time in over 30 years with an out of competition entry, Dead Man’s Wire which literally looks ripped from the headlines. That is especially true now where the “little guy” feels increasingly cheated by corporate America as witnessed in the recent case of the cold blooded murder on the streets of NYC of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson who was gunned down by Luigi Mangione in broad daylight. Since then Mangione has has become a bit of a folk hero for many as he awaits trial.

This movie was in the works and started shooting before that happened but feels like art imitating life , both past and present as this story was actually set in 1977 and based on a true incident that became quite infamous at th

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