Burn After Reading Instant

: Characters like Osbourne Cox and Linda Litzke believe they are in control of secret information, yet they constantly misjudge their situations and each other.

Joel and Ethan Coen have described the film as a story of "dueling idiots". Burn After Reading

The film's central irony lies in its setting within the "intelligence community". While the CIA is typically portrayed in cinema as omniscient and authoritative, the Coens present a bureaucracy that has extraordinary power for surveillance but lacks actual knowledge. : Characters like Osbourne Cox and Linda Litzke