Commentary on Dialogue with Nixon

Raul 2022-04-22 07:01:31

It is conceivable that at the age of 30, I insisted on watching this movie despite the difficulties in the early morning.

Nixon's conceited appearance, and the final contrast to his own lost expression.

Maybe it's cultural or political, and I'm having a hard time watching some of it. I didn't think there was anything special about Fortes, just his confidence and the phone Nixon called him that night. Yes, it was the call that made him revisit the interview. He thought he would, and he would do it well; he thought he would, make this conversation great. The first two conversations, and the beginning of the preparations, were all about fame and fortune and everything an ambitious young man wanted. Even the most painful reason for his two failures is that his job in Australia is not guaranteed, and the broadcast rights in London may be banned. Just because of a phone call, let him find the focus, purpose, real purpose.

Nixon was conceited and wanted to climb to the top, wanted everyone to pander to the jokes he told, and like all politicians, shamelessly, enjoying the real joy of power.

"When a president does something illegal, that thing becomes legal."

Purpose, just purpose. He wants people to see the strength of the United States, the despotism of the United States, and a man like him, standing at the highest point, to prove something to those who have laughed at him. However, true kindness will never be buried, just like Nixon's last lost eyes, he said that it was all his fault, and he was always disturbed by it.

A person with extremely low self-esteem, even if he has confidence, is trampled on the basis of others' self-esteem and his own pleasure.

When Forster ditched the interview material he had prepared to focus on the conversation itself, he had already won. He threw away some of the tactics the producers had told him and just listened naturally, rationally interrupting another round of Nixon's long-winded recollections.

It's not so much a war between two people as a war that suits you.

Wrong is wrong, right is right. We are under tremendous pressure, listening to those excuses, looking at those superficial things, and starting to doubt ourselves. But as time passes, we will regret to discover what a great thing it would be if we persisted at that time. Forster, he persevered; his comrades persevered, standing firm by his side, firm in their position. Then they celebrate, streaking for a swim.

The so-called strategy with people is something that should be thrown away forever, and the only thing to focus on is the matter itself.

The purpose, the process you choose.

Process, I will choose the process.

The last sentence, I rely on politicians for shit. Except for Chinese, I rely on our history books to learn Nixon's friendliness, but Nixon is self-righteous and thinks how sexual Mao Zedong and his personal relationships are, and how dependent Mao Zedong is. he. He didn't see clearly that everything was not for him, but for the country behind him, the incomparably powerful country that the American people fought for.

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Frost/Nixon quotes

  • David Frost: [Picking up the phone, thinking it's room service] I'll have a cheeseburger.

    Richard Nixon: [drunk] Mmm. That sounds good. I used to love cheeseburgers, but Dr. Lundgren made me give them up. He switched me to cottage cheese and pineapple instead. He calls them my Hawaiian burgers, but they don't taste like burgers at all. They taste like Styrofoam.

  • Richard Nixon: David, did I really call you that night?

    David Frost: Yes.

    Richard Nixon: Did we discuss anything important?

    David Frost: Cheeseburgers.

    Richard Nixon: Cheeseburgers?

    David Frost: Goodbye, sir.