Huffington Magazine Issue 35-36 | Page 19

THE OSCAR ISSUE / HUFFINGTON / 02.10-17.13

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live q&a

argo writer
chris terrio:
why we upped
the suspense

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We don’t know whether the Iranians
were 12 hours behind, 12 minutes
behind … we thought, in the absence
of certainty, we’re just going to make
it the most nail-biting, adrenalineproducing version that we can.

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Above: The cast of Argo. Below: Terrio poses
during the Sundance Film Festival, where his
first feature film Heights premiered in 2005.

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