The Great Buenos Aires Bank Heist
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Isn't this loosely the plot of the Netflix show Money Heist (casa de papel in it's original Spanish)? There's already a show!
Otherwise it's a really strange coincidence that many of the plot points line up. Or, its just standard practice to want to dig yourself out of a bank you just robbed.
“En barrio de ricachones, sin armas ni rencores, es sólo plata y no amores”
> In the neighborhood of ricachones[filthy rich men],
> without weapons or grudges,
> it is only silver[money] and not love[feelings].
Note that all the part of the original end with ___o?es, so it has rhyme in Spanish.
> En barrio de ricachOnEs,
> sin armas ni rencOrEs,
> es sólo plata y no amOrEs.
> There is also a third book, written by yet another journalist, and just this year, a major film was released in Argentina, heightening national interest in the caper all the more. [...]
> But there's also this: If they hadn't been collared, there'd be no books, or movies. [...]
> Beto sold the rights to his name to the producers who made the film and he visited the set a few times. He pulls out his phone to show me a photo. It's of him, dressed for a small but important role—as the cop who pulls over the actor playing Beto, who in the movie version is definitely making a run for it with his mistress.
Edit: much further down the name is also mentioned:
> El Robo del Siglo (“The Robbery of the Century”), the big movie dramatizing the heist
Pretend to have a "Dog Day Afternoon" type of scenario when you really have a "Red Haired League" underneath.
So so many things that could go wrong and some actually did.
Also reminds a bit of misdirection in first "Die Hard" and yes also a bit of "Man Inside".
Add in a bit of Rammstein's "Ich Will" type of use of publicity.
I can’t understand this either. I have a curiosity about heists too, but the max I’d do is watch an occasional movie or read an article. Ask for photos? What are they gonna do, frame and hang it at home?
Even worse is the public’s interest on serial killers, especially in the US. There are so many movies, books, shows on them!! Women write letters to these guys. It’s like these guys have celebrity status. This strikes me as weird.
subjects that would die or not even gain traction can now find exposure which does give them this opportunity. it is the same mechanism by which people can now challenge news articles and the claims of people in power.