David's luck

Einar 2022-03-20 09:01:51

In addition to the powerful force of the universally accepted justice and truth in the world, any other abrupt viewpoints will eventually loosen and collapse under the repeated and intense confrontation with reality.

After the Watergate scandal broke out, Nixon kept his life alive while he was busy dealing with the mess, hanging on to that conviction and refusing to plead guilty. But after leaving the field, when there is a blank period of time, there is no truth in his heart, including the collision of his acquired education and the opinions of others in reality, he actually bears a huge psychological burden in his heart, and he needs to keep breathing. Defend yourself for fear of any loopholes and omissions. Such a state is unsustainable and will collapse sooner or later.

He disintegrates under the enormous psychological baggage, the cushion of free time, and the strength of David. In fact, it is David's luck, not how good the reporter itself is, but the courage to die and survive is something that people can do. This is obvious to all.

The collapse of Nixon was inevitable, it was only a matter of time. Halfway down the field, being taken away from his future political career is undoubtedly a fatal blow to him who has been climbing up. But we also need to see that the work of both Nixon and journalists is a positive boost to the development of the entire world.

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Extended Reading
  • Samson 2022-03-25 09:01:09

    The climax of the dying hero

  • Garland 2021-12-15 08:01:09

    Quite stable, Oscar should have won

Frost/Nixon quotes

  • James Reston, Jr.: You know the first and greatest sin or deception of television is that it simplifies; it diminishes great, complex ideas, tranches of time; whole careers become reduced to a single snapshot. At first I couldn't understand why Bob Zelnick was quite as euphoric as he was after the interviews, or why John Birt felt moved to strip naked and rush into the ocean to celebrate. But that was before I really understood the reductive power of the close-up, because David had succeeded on that final day, in getting for a fleeting moment what no investigative journalist, no state prosecutor, no judiciary committee or political enemy had managed to get; Richard Nixon's face swollen and ravaged by loneliness, self-loathing and defeat. The rest of the project and its failings would not only be forgotten, they would totally cease to exist.

  • Richard Nixon: You know those parties of yours, the ones I read about in the newspapers. Do you actually enjoy those?

    David Frost: Of course.

    Richard Nixon: You have no idea how fortunate that makes you, liking people. Being liked. Having that facility. That lightness, that charm. I don't have it, I never did.