Since Death of a President premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this year, there has been a lot of criticism thrown at the film--much of it from people who havent even seen it. Many of those criticisms came from people who thought the film would be a cathartic wet dream for liberals, when in fact it ducks a lot of politics and instead presents what a horrible event the death of a president--even one as incompetent as George W. Bush--could be. I had a chance to speak with Death of a President co-writer/director...
It's a pretty interesting film. I think its getting a lot of flack because people think it advocates killing a sitting president, which it does not, versus presenting a what would happen if scenario.
i just finished watching this movie ten minutes ago
(yeah i stole it)
i screamed "that's a fucking m-16! all presidents are killed by military people!"
(im not sure they are but ya know that's where they get training, military sniper school)
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i really liked the movie
courtneyriot
STAFF
Los Angeles, CA
OCT 27, 2006 06:00 AM