American Hustle

American Hustle

In order to trace the line of stolen goods, which are very expensive and sometimes historically valuable, the FBI sends its people to the stolen goods market. At first, the idea was local, but over time, the idea turned into something more global, which led to the investigation of corruption cases among politicians and high-ranking people. This was a real operation that the feds conducted in the period from the 70s to the 80s. Irving Rosenfeld, a businessman prone to fraud, became the exiled Cossack, who fell on the hook of an FBI agent named Richie DiMazo. Read more In 2010, the plot for "American Scam" was included in the "black list of scripts", which happened to many projects that end up doing well at the box office. Deciding to make a film, director David O. Russell rewrote the script. Although he himself admits, in which he was supported by the actors themselves, that for him the symbolism within the frame is more important than following the letter of the script ironically. In order to match the historical prototype, Christian Bale, which has long been the subject of legends, once again resorted to changing his weight and appearance. He gained 40 pounds and was always trying to look like his prototype. The film was shot in the period from March to May 2013. Just during the work on the film, there was a terrorist attack in America, when the marathon was held in Boston, where the film was shot, so there was a short break in the shooting. At the first stage, the film was called "American Bullshit", in the original it sounds like "American Bullshit". The story about the ABSCAM operation was going to be filmed back in the 80s, immediately after the details were revealed. The Frenchman Louis Malle was to become the director, and James Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were to play the main roles. On his first day of shooting on the set, Robert De Niro did not recognize Christian Bale, saying later that he is completely different in real life. He even took O. Russell aside and asked who he was.