The story tells that Nixon stepped down after the Watergate incident in 1977, but he never admitted his mistakes to the public and owed the American people an apology. British Talk Show Host Foster embarked on the great journey of interviewing Nixon to force him to admit his mistake. The typical legend of small people defeating big wisdom. As scheduled, the Foster team couldn't attract Nixon's eloquent self-defense and fell into a dire dilemma. On the eve of the war, a phone call from Nixon turned everything. The next day, Foster broke the boat and decided the outcome of the battle.
That phone call connected Foster and Nixon. Although they seem to be worlds apart, they are closely related: they are still ridiculed by snobs by their hard work to climb to the top, they are also subjected to the admonitions of losers everywhere, and they have also made great efforts to be sympathetic. still suffer great humiliation.
This is quite similar to a contemporary politician - Bush.
Bush and Nixon do have a lot of similarities: Nixon's Vietnam War, Bush's Afghanistan and Iraq wars, all caused a lot of casualties and financial costs. Nixon stepped down due to the Watergate scandal, and publicly escaped the French Open. He became the first president in American history to voluntarily resign, and was spurned by others. Bush dragged the United States and even the world into the quagmire of the 2008 financial crisis. Although there was no black-box operation exposed, he was still the most unpopular president in 60 years.
Nixon resigned in 1974. In 1977, Foster demanded an apology on behalf of the Americans. Bush stepped down in 2009. He has long been targeted as a war criminal for involving the United States in two wars. It seems that he also owes the American people an apology. Does it imply that people should not let Bush go so easily? Could it be that he is looking forward to another Foster's voice in a few years?
A Bush-themed movie was also released before he left office. "Bush w", a comedy about Bush's life. Yes, it's a comedy. The same is the president, it seems that Nixon is more suitable and more worthy of serious subjects. Bush is serious, but the people or the audience have had enough of this seriousness. Because he is already a figure full of jokes, it seems that he has to pretend to be serious in the film is ironic, which is the sadness of Bush.
It's hard to understand the sadness of a person who is all-powerful, and it's hard to imagine the inferiority of a person who is dominant. So much so that Nixon joked at the end of the film: "It would be better if we switched." It came from a president. Whether it's a president or a talk show host, there are times when you live in your imagination. Some people just look good on the surface, who can guarantee how many wounds in his heart are aching? So you would never be willing to completely swap identities with any great man, no matter how great he is.
The most controversial part of the film is the "cheeseburger" call. I think Nixon actually had a heart to repent and apologize. So he doesn't want to win the easy victory, he wants to be a real self in front of a suitable opponent at a suitable time and apologize. So on the eve of the war, under the influence of alcohol, he began to worry, started a phone call with his opponent, and began to spy on his own soul. In a way this inspired Foster to find a way to beat himself. After that, Nixon conceded the victory to the young talk show host, so that the think tank's warning of his "emotional catharsis" didn't help, so that Foster's face didn't even look at all after his success. Joy, he just frowned, watching the lonely giant.
"My political career is over."
Nixon left an era that was not his own. Just like Bush.
Bush may also thank Nixon, and more precisely Ron Holder and Frank Langella. It is because of them that we have glimpsed into the inner turmoil of big men. A beggar will never be jealous of the president, but any beggar is entitled to criticize the president. It is a paradoxical situation, strong and merciless, right but wrong. So I began to sympathize with Nixon, and I began to sympathize with Bush. As for the future, I can only imagine that Bush has already blamed himself in the confession.
Foster may be the lucky winner, but when were Nixon and Bush not the lucky ones in society? The fragments of memory are covered with dust, and the shaking pupils are unbearable to look back.
The authenticity of the phone is not so important, I saw him standing by the sea, lost in thought. He was given a pair of shoes and became a famous reporter.
Bush was also given a pair of shoes and also became a famous journalist.
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