Death of a President



Death of a President appears to be creating some controversy, but the finished product isn't really that outrageous. Yes, this fictional documentary does feature the assassination of President Bush in Chicago in 2007, but the movie is more of a realistic political essay than the anti-Bush screed some people seem to be imagining. I suppose that using a real president makes it exploitive to some degree, but the assassination itself is portrayed so quickly it may as well be offscreen.


"We must stay the course on never saying 'stay the course'."

The movie is mostly made up of interviews with various fictional people, including a Bush speechwriter, an FBI agent in charge of security, some witnesses and a early suspects in the shooting, etc. It's about as gripping as any talky documentary on any subject can be. There is a plot twist towards the end, but the documentary style keeps the twist from being presented in a very dramatic way. There's very little story here for a 90 minute movie.

Posted: Mon - October 30, 2006 at      

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