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The Bourne Identity
"This is maybe the first interview I’ve ever done where I’ve pointed to two films that were inspirations," said Liman, who is seen here directing 2002 spy thriller The Bourne Identity. "When it came to the portrayal of the CIA in American Made, I wanted to steer clear of the world I’d created in Bourne. I was interested in not repeating Bourne, and showing a different side of the CIA – a bureaucracy in which the people are subject to the same petty things that go on at any other bureaucracy."
"The main thing I wasn't going to make with American Made was a biopic,” he added. "You can pick any biopic. This is not like that. I want to make something unique and different."
"This is maybe the first interview I’ve ever done where I’ve pointed to two films that were inspirations," said Liman, who is seen here directing 2002 spy thriller The Bourne Identity. "When it came to the portrayal of the CIA in American Made, I wanted to steer clear of the world I’d created in Bourne. I was interested in not repeating Bourne, and showing a different side of the CIA – a bureaucracy in which the people are subject to the same petty things that go on at any other bureaucracy."
"The main thing I wasn't going to make with American Made was a biopic,” he added. "You can pick any biopic. This is not like that. I want to make something unique and different."