tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post3938673297192192948..comments2023-11-05T00:38:56.097-07:00Comments on 21st Century British Nationalism: Frost Nixon - Film ReviewDefender of Libertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093052197059748663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-46150766326758924392009-06-24T10:44:14.495-07:002009-06-24T10:44:14.495-07:00By the way, this wasn't "news" in th...By the way, this wasn't "news" in the newly released tapes. I'm guessing Ron Howard must have done more research than you did. Perhaps he even spent 20 seconds on a Google search.<br /><br />http://www.alternet.org/story/17422/Factsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-50921148268602616202009-06-24T10:40:01.242-07:002009-06-24T10:40:01.242-07:00Nobody need "smear" Nixon as a racist. ...Nobody need "smear" Nixon as a racist. You can simply describe him as one. Save the indignation for Nixon's own recorded words.<br /><br />"There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white, or a rape.”<br /><br />Pretty much every major newspaper is reporting this fact, but I'll offer this link because it includes a hyperlink to an MP3 of the tape that contains the comment. As far as I can tell, Ron Howard received no directing credit for Nixon's performance on the tape. It's all Nixon.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/us/politics/24nixon.html?_r=1Factsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-36499958832296301272009-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:002009-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:00An excellent review of the film.By coincidence I h...An excellent review of the film.<BR/><BR/>By coincidence I had only just watched the Frost/Nixon last night and thoroughly enjoyed both the film and the superb directing and acting.<BR/><BR/>On a slight note of disagreement I think Ron Howard is a top-class director who believes in America.<BR/>I am not so sure whether Howard actually wanted to paint Nixon as a 'bad man', flawed yes, but I got the impression that he was sympathetic to Nixon and maybe for the first time for a long time has actually made Nixon 'human'. I think that public affection for Nixon will actually increase rather than the opposite.<BR/><BR/>In contrast, everytime I saw Martin Sheen who played Frost all I saw was a liberal who epitomised the 60s lifestyle, whilst caricaturing that grining tosser Tony Blair (as Sheen had previously played him).<BR/><BR/>To be fair, some of the dirty events that the American government engaged in happened well after Nixon (and so were irrelevent to the film) and others may not have been revealed as such at the time of Nixon. Also, it was partly due to Nixon's sustained carpet bombing of Cambodia that led to the destablisation of its people, fractured its economy and radicalised its people, leading to both revolution, civil war and the genocide of the Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge.<BR/><BR/>Certainly, what Nixon did was wrong which was to betray truth and trust and he was punished accordingly. <BR/><BR/>But, like you, I believe that Nixon was a man that was needed at the time and his strong character and policies was necessary at a time when a liberal running America would have killed it and possibly have led to a nuclear war.<BR/><BR/>Nixon has been painted as a sinister man, a caricature of evil, because the liberals hated and sneered at him and his small town American values. It was liberalism that connived with Communism that was the biggest threat on this planet as it was the Trojan Horse that nearly took down the West.<BR/><BR/>Nixon was bad only in so far as he took the idiom of 'the ends justify the means' too literally. But in Hollywood they all like to bash the Republicans but at least this one was sympathetically done.<BR/><BR/>Nixon was superbly played by Frank Langella who made Nixon at least someone to be sympathised with, perhaps even pitied.<BR/><BR/>Frost comes out as a lucky player who was out-performed by a wily and seasoned Nixon. But in reality Nixon and his advisors decided to opt-in for a tacit admisson of guilt and repentance as they felt that it would go a long way towards redeeming Nixon.<BR/><BR/>A good nalysis and angle on the film Lee. I am hoping that a brave director will one day make a film about 'Downingate' - the Blair Years when Bliar and his cronies lied,lied and even more lied to the British public about non-existant WMDs in Iraq and conspired against both Parliament and the public to convince them of the need and the right to invade a sovereign nation and in so doing so killing thousands. Not only that but they conspired in either the murder, and at least the cover-up of the death, of scientists Dr Kelly.<BR/><BR/>Who is going to make that film?<BR/><BR/>And I am hoping that Martin Sheen will play that gurning idiot Blair again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680771968888528726.post-25133555440194094552009-02-22T13:24:00.000-08:002009-02-22T13:24:00.000-08:00A helpful analysis marred by profanity.A helpful analysis marred by profanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com