In fact, to put it plainly, what a big deal is Watergate. It is nothing more than that someone in N's campaign team is poisoned by a sense of power and feels that they can do whatever they want and install a wiretap in a competitor's building. After learning of the incident, N tried to use the power in his hands to obliterate the evidence and smooth the matter out of "a leader needs to have the heart to do something". The Shanghai dialect is called "get it done." Imagine that N is the president of the United States, the most powerful person in the world, who is not seeking money and killing, and put X* households in a mental hospital. Only in hindsight, some actions that were not too radical were taken to "stabilize the situation and do what should be done." This is a normal thing for the Chinese people's political outlook. In the marginal range, or even slightly beyond the bottom line, a big event is done. This is called "with a wrist, it's done" here! This is a Chinese-style hero based on success or failure, regardless of whether the method is legal or moral.
And what about N? A democratically elected president who extended an olive branch to Mao XX China and shook hands with Premier Zhou across the ages. During his tenure, the atmosphere of the X war was greatly eased, and hundreds of thousands of American youths were saved from the quagmire of the Vietnam War. Mankind finally stepped forward on other planets. Taking a great step, such a great "peacemaker" and leader of human progress, because of this "little matter" of Sesame Mung Bean, became the only president in American history who resigned during his term. For a country and political system that can make a lot of fuss, 7 points of merit and 3 points of crime will not prevent you from becoming an immortal great man. The hard work can only be summarized by hard life. No wonder that the Mao XX hotline was connected to Nixon, "Isn't it all about Pratunam, I'll help you rehabilitate" This is the courage of China and China's great men.
But the United States is the United States because they have a system that can challenge power, a contract that overrides all authority, and a law where everyone is equal. Therefore, a model like N has become a gangster, and the spirit of the United States will live forever. No one can override the X law. Every individual is worthy of the country to defend with everything, whether the opponent is laden or sadam, a bright dagger on the corner of the street, or Nixon, or McCarthy, every citizen is indomitable. , Every individual can take it for granted to challenge anything that infringes on himself. Even if it is the authority of a president. In the inheritance of this great tradition, the role of the media is worth remembering forever. At every critical moment in American history, the media often plays a vital role. Goodnight&Goodluck, responding to the independent investigation of McCarthy by the journalist Edward R. Murrow, based on facts and relying on the sacred power conferred by the Constitution on everyone, let McCarthy’s fascist counter-current was completely eliminated from mainstream American society. And this
Frost/Nixon made a president who stepped off the altar "confess his guilt."
Going back to the film, the five Oscar nominations are worthy of their names, the atmosphere is created with a strong sense of historical facts, the mirrors are fluent and flowing, the script is meticulous, and the performances are meticulous. They are all excellent works. Especially Frank Langella, the actor of N, puts Nixon's loneliness, stubbornness, loneliness, arrogance, depression, arrogance, ease and inability to perform to the right, impartiality, as long as this actor is enough for you to concentrate on watching the full movie. There is no moral preaching about the crimes of the president, and it is not just the media people who are the supreme of money. The scholarship in the ivory tower is also rich in humanity. Faithful display of the great scene in the history of news is the whole of this film. It is not so much that Watergate is the central axis of the film, it is better to say that in the background of Watergate, the story between two talented, full of desires and dilemmas. However, compared to Frank Langella, Michael Sheen's performance and scenes are slightly frivolous. With his extremely frivolous smiling face, it makes the film a little weightless. Perhaps it is more appropriate to change to Nixon/Frost.
PS: In the real interview that year, Frost didn't have that pussies. He also had the experience of interviewing the president of the United States before, and Nixon was not the psychological line of defense as depicted in the movie, and his true feelings were revealed. The closest thing to the facts is that after receiving the amnesty, Nixon also hopes to take this opportunity to apologize to the American people. And Frost just hit it off with him, because in addition to the so-called $60w, Nixon also enjoys 20% of all income from the interview, which is millions of dollars in income. Therefore, a show of two smart "actors" and the commercial success of two people is the real Frost/Nixon
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