Three Days of the Condor Wikipedia "Joe Turner (Robert Redford) is a CIA employee who works in a clandestine office in New York City. He is not a field agent, and indeed bristles at Agency discipline; among other things, he wonders why he can't tell people what he does for a living and notes "I trust some people . . . that's a problem." His job is in the OSINT field: he has to read books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world, looking for hidden meanings and new ideas. As part of his duties, Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a low-quality thriller novel his office has been reading, pointing out strange plot elements therein, . . ."
Scream and Scream Again http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064949/synopsis "Suddenly, Sorel is interrupted by Browning who explains that his real research involves the creation of ubermenches...perfect humans."
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A misunderstanding of Nietzche would lead one to think of the Superman as able to "leap tall buildings in a single bound." Nietzche's Superman is beyond good and evil. A band of Supermen would be a great resource for anyone requiring clockwork assassins .
If Roman Polanski is extradited, would it be surprising if he "commits suicide," is murdered by a "lone nut" or dies in some other sudden, mysterious manner while in custody?