Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Just great. Another "based on a true story" made by Oliver Stone. [View all]Johonny
(22,537 posts)44. I loved is early stuff up to Nixon on a purely movie making stand point
For instance, JFK movie works as a movie about paranoia and how conspiracy nonsense snowballs.
his later stuff has been so so. His Bush movie is probably his best later period movie, but hit and miss, Bush turns out not to be interesting enough to have a movie based on his life. I imagine Snowden will likely suffer from the same problem. Not enough time has passed and not enough voices are out there so you're likely getting the Snowden view point of most things which isn't...dare I say perhaps the most rounded. His Nixon movie on the other hand was filmed long after the event described.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
45 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
I liked JFK. probably wrecked the real truth but it was still an interesting flick. havent seen
msongs
Aug 2016
#1
Yes I liked JFK too. But I've never believed JFK's death was a conspiracy. Just saw
applegrove
Aug 2016
#3
"Nova" on PBS just had a show about the science, regarding the shooting of Kennedy.
Archae
Aug 2016
#7
Yeah, like when Reagan said the Contras were the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers.
Octafish
Aug 2016
#11
He's a talented film maker. I want to see it. I'm able to parse fact from fiction.
cali
Aug 2016
#10
He's a movie director. He makes art. Artists interpret what they see. This is simple shit.
cali
Aug 2016
#15