Summary: Aaron Franz joined in the conversation as we looked at the film The Recruit, which more than any other film we're covering in this season was moulded by CIA entertainment liaison Chase Brandon. Like so many films, it tells the story of a young person inducted into a secret world with secret rules and codes of thinking and behaviour, and in doing so inducts the audience into that same world. We discussed this dynamic from various angles - black operations, secret societies, occult or mystery school philosophies - before studying Brandon's appearance in the most fascinating 'making of' documentary ever made. (Read more...)
