15-11-2008, 12:09 AM
Die Spinne's web is indeed hard to untangle.
Many people think Pakula's All the President's Men is a great "conspiracy" thriller, which shows investigative journalism at its finest.
In truth, All the President's Men is a bright shining lie - pretty much from first frame to the very last.
"Deep Throat" is probably the construction of a Hollywood scriptwriter seeking to inject drama into a dull narrative.
Bob Woodward has been Their bitch his entire life.
And yet part of me suspects that Alan J Pakula really did want to reveal some deep political truths, even if he ended up lost in a garden of forking paths and forked tongues...
Many people think Pakula's All the President's Men is a great "conspiracy" thriller, which shows investigative journalism at its finest.
In truth, All the President's Men is a bright shining lie - pretty much from first frame to the very last.
"Deep Throat" is probably the construction of a Hollywood scriptwriter seeking to inject drama into a dull narrative.
Bob Woodward has been Their bitch his entire life.
And yet part of me suspects that Alan J Pakula really did want to reveal some deep political truths, even if he ended up lost in a garden of forking paths and forked tongues...
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war