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In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. 12.7k members in the Letterboxd community. “A savage and utterly brilliant satire of both 60s social idealism and the Thatcherite values that undermined it, High-Rise opens with a dishevelled man (the ever-sublime Tom Hiddleston) eating barbecued dog on the balcony of his trashed apartment, some 25 floors up. A companion to letterboxd.com, for discussing all things in the world of film and … 15 votes, 43 comments. The screenplay is written by Josh Boles and Matt Johnson. Director Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List) and regular collaborator and screenwriter Amy Jump tear into J.G. Operation Avalanche is the second feature film directed by filmmaker Matt Johnson, of the indie comedy The Dirties before this. 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