complex personality

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In 1974, French film director Barbet Strode was invited to shoot a documentary for Amin. In Strode's image, the 112-kilogram big black man showed extraordinary energy. He speaks boldly and witty, bursting out with self-deprecating or complacent laughter from time to time, showing extreme self-confidence or conceit, tough style but graceful manners. Compared with the known crime-laden Amin, Amin in the camera is obviously very friendly. In front of the camera, he is a natural performer.
He called Nixon "my dear brother" and hoped he would get through the Watergate crisis; mocked the president of neighboring Tanzania by saying "I love him so much that if he were a woman I would marry him"; he slammed Kissinger for the will Weak leadership. He calls himself the "Conqueror of the British Empire" and once expressed his willingness to become the "King of Scotland" if invited. £600. He really organized a nationwide fundraiser to support the UK, but it looked more like a farce. He raised several carts of vegetable food and 43,000 shillings in cash, but "Prime Minister Keith has never sent a plane to pick it up."
Amin, who is very happy with his achievements, added a series of titles to himself, such as "the savior of all the people of Uganda, the founder of the country, the winner of the Grand Cross of Victory, the Distinguished Service Medal and the Military Cross, the Field Marshal, and the President of the Republic, Dr. Amin". In his mansion, the servants were all white to show his "black superiority over white" point of view. The arrogant Amin said he worshipped Hitler and even thought that Hitler was "right" to kill 6 million Jews.
Amin married 5 wives and had 43 children. Another theory is that he married 13 wives and had 54 children. Many of these children now live across the United States and Europe.
The opposition said that after Amin murdered, he put the human head in the refrigerator, fed the human flesh to the crocodile, and killed one of his many wives. It is said that once, when he found out that his lover had a boyfriend, he killed him on the spot, and then cooked his body and ate it raw! As a result, Amin earned the nickname "Cannibal King". A reporter once asked Amin if he really ate human flesh, but Amin actually replied, "Human flesh is too salty for my taste."

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  • Sarah Merrit: I hope you don't mind me saying this, but, you seem an unlikely candidate for this kind of work.

    Nicholas Garrigan: Why, 'cause I don't wear socks and sandals?

    Sarah Merrit: Touché.

    Nicholas Garrigan: I still want to make a difference, you know.

    Sarah Merrit: Really?

    Nicholas Garrigan: Yes, really. Want to have fun, too, though. Bit of adventure. Something different.

    Sarah Merrit: That's a lot of things.

    Nicholas Garrigan: Is it?

  • Idi Amin: You see, Jonah? This is the sort of man a president needs around him. Someone who is not afraid to speak his mind.