<p>A paperwork thriller. A chit-chat drama. The Report, the true story of the US Senate intelligence officer who investigated the CIA's torture of detainees after 9/11, uses dialogue - lots and lots of dialogue - to tell a slow-burning story of an instution reaching far beyond its limits.</p><br><p>In this episode of The Bigger Picture Hen, Anna and Pete describe how watching the film is more akin to listening to long-form narrative podcast than going to the cinema, why the film remains a thrill despite its slow pace and how - bizarrely - scenes of state-sanctioned torture have become a trope unto themselves.</p><br><p>The Bigger Picture, presented by the BFI, is ...</p><br><p>BFI Digital editor <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryHBarnes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henry Barnes</a></p><br><p><a href="https://twitter.com/annabdemented" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anna Bogutskaya</a></p><br><p>and producer <a href="https://www.petersale.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Sale. </a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>