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Normally when public companies flame out in scandal, top executives can be seen running from headquarters mumbling that they are shocked to learn that there was gambling going on in the casino. But there's not much of that here. Enron and Andersen officials hardly deny the dubious deals, the 881 offshore tax havens or the stupid accounting tricks. That's partly because nobody can be sure that those dodges were inherently illegal. Many companies maintain similar arrangements, usually intended to avoid taxes--a benefit of interest to Enron too. Enron avoided paying federal income tax for four...
...Normally when public companies flame out in scandal, top executives can be seen running from headquarters mumbling that they are shocked to learn that there was gambling going on in the casino. But there's not much of that here. Enron and Andersen officials hardly deny the dubious deals, the 881 offshore tax havens or the stupid accounting tricks. That's partly because nobody can be sure that those dodges were inherently illegal. Many companies maintain similar arrangements, usually intended to avoid taxes--a benefit of interest to Enron...
...grainy and under-exposed, appearing as much a pickpocketing documentary as a time for character development. When Clooney happens upon his ex-wife, Tess Ocean (Julia Roberts), the restaurant scene is softly lit from a single table lamp; palpably romantic, it plays skilfully against the oily glaze of the casino. Soderbergh is perhaps also the contemporary director most adept at using music to underscore the tenor of his films. David Holmes’ slinky, funky score mixes with 60s swing and hints of Vegas glam, lending the film a coolly hip pulse...
...able to craft compelling, intimate vignettes, masterfully array them into a coherent whole and continually experiment with his camera work, but Soderbergh also keeps in step with the film’s cheeky “why not?” spirit. Why not rob an impenetrable casino fortress? Why not detonate a bomb in downtown Vegas to wipe out all electricity? Why not have Wayne Newton, Siegfried & Roy and world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis in cameo roles as themselves...
...week as an accessory to the murder, they had never spent a day in jail. "They're the most notorious, but they're by no means unique," says Andrew Hiransomboon, a nightlife columnist for the Bangkok Post. Other infamous scions include Suksant Kong-udom, son of a senator and casino tycoon, charged with shooting a diplomat's son outside a disco; Poonpol Asavahame, son of a former deputy interior minister, accused of pistol whipping a truck driver and running down a police officer who tried to give him a ticket; and Pattarapong Manasikarn, son of a former Science Minister, charged...