A Film About the Assassination of the 43rd President of the United States of America – George Walker Bush
Film, Film, Online Media, Politics of Religion March 7th, 2007Wow, what an incredible film. It is pure fiction but that’s a point I seemed to continually forget as I watched.
Death of a President is a mockumentry about the assassination of George W Bush. It’s a brilliantly told and compelling story, filled with poignant subtext about American foreign policy and its effects both abroad and at home.
The acting is superb and the story comes off as 100% legit.
Watching this film I couldn’t help but be reminded of that famous Oscar Wild post ” All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
Anyhow watch this film!
From the Wikipedia blurb on the film.
Death of a President is a fictional documentary about the assassination of 43rd United States President George W. Bush.It is directed by British filmmaker Gabriel Range. The film uses archive footage, actors, and computer effects to portray an assassination of the 43rd American president. The film covers topics of civil disobedience, racial profiling, the reduction of civil liberties, sensationalism, and just-war theory.
The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, and was aired on the More4 channel in the UK on October 9. It was then aired on Channel 4 in the UK on October 19, 2006 — a year to the day before the events portrayed in the film.
Watch the full screen version here.
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