Oliver Stone managed to blame Nixon for Billy's arrest
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SealedCargo — 6 years ago(April 18, 2019 06:17 AM)
I fell over laughing when Bozo-looking Mike Kellin as this idiot's father blamed Nixon for something that kept his son inside prison. Gotta love it when a writer/director is so obsessed. I wonder if his Alexander the Great movie had any Nixon references.
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amyghost — 6 years ago(April 19, 2019 02:36 PM)
You're looking for intelligent film discussion in the wrong place, agreed.
BTW, Stone was using the words of a character in the film, which is not necessarily the same as giving his own opinion, something the above two can't seem to parse out. Stone's film
Nixon
is actually a surprisingly nuanced and sympathetic portrait of a complex, and yes, devious, personality.
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 