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The Bourne Identity (2002)

Film

DirectorDoug Liman

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Form & technique

The film's shaky-cam cinematography and frenetic editing → Haptic Visuality

Tropes

Operation Treadstone → The State of Exception
Jason Bourne's body and combat skills
Jason Bourne's self-sufficiency and hyper-competence → The Enterprise of the Self
Jason Bourne's amnesia
The contrast between Bourne's physical actions and the CIA's digital surveillance
The romantic subplot between Jason Bourne and Marie Kreutz

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