Cinema DNA
The Day of the Jackal
2 countries
Where the DNA of The Day of the Jackal travels
3 films
Films it shaped
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I spent a long time researching the period. I wanted to achieve the sort of realism that Zinnemann got in ‘The Day of the Jackal.’
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He cites a number of specific films, including ‘Three Days of the Condor,’ ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ and ‘JFK’ as influences for the procedural aspects of Sicario.
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Because it's about a guy who takes pride in his work. And that to me is like something that's really fun to watch in a film. You watch, like, 'The Day of the Jackal,' and it's like literally watching this guy do his job in a kind of dispassionate, step-by-step way, and I find that fascinating.
