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Hi all! This forum probably has the highest concentration of political dorks so I'd love to hear what people suggest as far as political cinema. Let me know what's the best and why..I'm having a hard time thinking of any. Is there any film that even comes close to reality, or this recent cycle..? Well thanks!
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Spin (1995)
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Mar 18, 2016 06:32
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It's Network.
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Mar 18, 2016 06:33
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spun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrWD1kVi0ME
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Mar 18, 2016 06:35
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Mar 18, 2016 06:37
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Bip Roberts posted:It's Network. this is a really good movie im not a movie buff or anything but there's some movies about a fictionalized version of huey long (based on a pulitzer-winning book of the same name) called all the king's men. the 2006 one i saw and liked ok, turns out it's considered to be awful, shows what i know. there's a 1949 version that won best picture tho so if you like classic movies, apparently the '49 all the king's men is considered a great example of film noir, so you might want to watch that one comedy answer: mr smith goes to washington. see the fake version of politics we all learn in grade school civics not really related but one of my favorite movies ive randomly seen was this poo poo about court intrigue in louis xv's france called ridicule, pronounced frenchly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridicule its witty as gently caress and there is a titty lady oystertoadfish has issued a correction as of 07:24 on Mar 18, 2016 |
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Mar 18, 2016 07:17
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I remember Recount being pretty good
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Mar 18, 2016 07:22
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Game Change is good
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Mar 18, 2016 07:23
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Someone else recommended this elsewhere and I finally watched about it a month ago, IMO it was incredibly boring. I kept expecting something interesting to happen like some politician accidentally flicking out their forked tongue, revealing their true form. Nope, just a bunch of old men dancing around questions on 90's television.
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Mar 18, 2016 07:29
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*clears throat* since trump is hitler, I think you might glean a lot from notable fascist masterpiece pacific rim
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Mar 18, 2016 07:35
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Deep Throat
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Mar 18, 2016 07:50
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Any 4 episodes of the TV show Veep watched in order.
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Mar 18, 2016 09:25
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der untergang
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Mar 18, 2016 14:24
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Bullworth is potentially the pinnacle of political film.
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Mar 18, 2016 14:25
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LogisticEarth posted:Bullworth is potentially the pinnacle of political film. I watched that recently and can't decide if it was great or terrible.
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Mar 18, 2016 14:30
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In the Loop is really good, but you should really watch the TV show it's based on, The Thick of It. Edited because I got the title screwed up.
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Mar 18, 2016 14:57
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Idiocracy is more of a documentary at this point except that Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho would unironically be better than most of the candidates we have running.
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Mar 18, 2016 14:57
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A few non-controversial choices: The Manchurian Candidate All the President's Men Milk
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Mar 18, 2016 15:01
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Xenophon posted:A few non-controversial choices: Make sure you watch the original All the President's Men though, because the Sean Penn one is garbage.
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Mar 18, 2016 15:06
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The Battle of Algiers
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Mar 18, 2016 15:17
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Bolton Hairy-Bore posted:The Battle of Algiers Yes watch this it's one of the greatest films ever made.
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Mar 18, 2016 15:20
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Game Change
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Mar 18, 2016 15:24
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HMS Beagle posted:Make sure you watch the original All the President's Men though, because the Sean Penn one is garbage. I think you're thinking of All the King's Men, which is about Huey Long. All the President's Men is about Nixon/Watergate. There's also a weird movie called the Assassination of Richard Nixon where Sean Penn has a mustache and tries to bomb the White House. Bolton Hairy-Bore posted:The Battle of Algiers yeah, this to. It's not quite "politics" per se, but it's about the intersection of violence and politics and colonialism and nationalism and it's so loving good e: vvvvv also Primary Colors for John Travolta doing an impression of Bill for two hours straight Xenophon has issued a correction as of 15:30 on Mar 18, 2016 |
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Mar 18, 2016 15:28
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seeing as we got a Clinton probably in the white house again, Wag the Dog
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Mar 18, 2016 15:29
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Mar 18, 2016 15:30
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i saw this recently it was good plus it was written by gore vidal
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Mar 18, 2016 15:45
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300
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Mar 18, 2016 15:47
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Xenophon posted:I think you're thinking of All the King's Men, which is about Huey Long. All the President's Men is about Nixon/Watergate. There's also a weird movie called the Assassination of Richard Nixon where Sean Penn has a mustache and tries to bomb the White House. You're right, I was. All the President's Men is also great, should be required viewing.
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Mar 18, 2016 15:53
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this is essential viewing if we are talking about nixon movies 
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Mar 18, 2016 15:58
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baw posted:this is essential viewing if we are talking about nixon movies
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Mar 18, 2016 15:59
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Bip Roberts posted:It's Network.
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Mar 18, 2016 16:07
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Why has no one mentioned the Documentary of America post 2016: Idiocracy
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Mar 18, 2016 16:59
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Bloody Queef posted:Why has no one mentioned the Documentary of America post 2016: Idiocracy just look at this post and breathe it in
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Mar 18, 2016 17:09
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Mar 18, 2016 17:21
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President Obama's favorite political movie is election, it's pretty good
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Mar 18, 2016 17:38
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Best of Enemies is a great movie. It's a bit more on the documentary side but it is an amazing ride. Shows how the modern cable news punditry was born out of a fit of heated intercourse between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley.
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Mar 18, 2016 18:18
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Also, I can't say it's in the "best movies" category as I'm sure there's plenty of people who don't like it, but I got a lot of laughs out of The Campaign.
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Mar 18, 2016 18:23
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nashville is 2016.avi
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Mar 18, 2016 18:27
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Oliver Stone's Nixon.
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Mar 18, 2016 18:29
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Serious recommendations: Primary Colors Game Change The Candidate Dick (1999) W. Wag the Dog Yes, Network rules. And House of Cards is overrated as gently caress.
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