New Movie Shows Off Eyewear

"I’ve written before about the cinematic power of great 1970s period eyewear, fully on display here. But the most intriguing aspect of Argo is the bizarre true story it’s based on,:" reports Slate. "Adapted from Joshuah Bearman’s 2007 Wired article, Argo depicts how the Central Intelligence Agency invented a fake science-fiction flick to rescue six Americans from Iran. That sci-fi flick was called Argo, and the fake production was convincing enough that it got written up in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter—here's the fake movie’s very real poster." Read more.