About Agents of Chaos (HBO)

"Agents of Chaos" is a two-part documentary series that aired on HBO in 2020. This series, directed by esteemed investigative filmmaker Alex Gibney, explores Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. It pulls back the curtain on the intricate planning of the infamous hack and leak operation of the DNC and the propagation of fake news across social media.

Making / Production

The series is co-produced by Gibney's Jigsaw Productions and HBO Documentary Films. It fuses personal interviews with key figures, reenactments, and visual graphics to present a comprehensive view of the election interference.

Actors

• Alex Gibney: The director himself appears in the series, commenting on the unfolding events and providing investigative insights.
• Andrew McCabe: McCabe served as the Deputy Director of FBI during the time of the election and provides firsthand testimony of the events.
• Camille François: François, a cybersecurity expert, gives an analysis of the cyber methods used during the interference.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The series was filmed in 2020 but also includes footage and interviews from previous years.
• The series is based on the books by David Shimer "Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference", and "The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America" by Jim Sciutto.
• It also includes subtitling for Russian dialogue, shedding light on both sides of the story.

Awards

As of now, 'Agents of Chaos' has not received any awards. However, the depth and breadth of the investigative reporting presented in the series have been widely praised.

Quotes

• "This is the whole beauty of this system. You can never prove anything." – Oleg Volkov
• "It's a world war. Only it's a world war of a type we've never seen before." – Camille Francois

Music, Soundtrack

• The haunting and tension-building score for 'Agents of Chaos' was composed by Will Bates.
• In addition to Bates's score, the series also makes use of well-chosen existing tracks to heighten the mood and impact of key moments.