Costas-Gavras glamourizes the Tupamaros and thus makes their terrorism appear stylish, even alluring. In real life many of the Tupamaros were young but in State of Siege almost all of them are also fit and attractive. Our very first sight of the Tupamaros is a close-up of two of them kissing and pretending to be lovers as they keep watch on Santore’s house. Hugo and his comrades wear fashionable clothes, carry guns nonchalantly and capture the limelight via kidnappings and carefully calibrated propaganda.
Shaw/Terror
THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT 
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