Review of Secret Honor (1984) by Knox M — 16 Oct 2015
A movie about a guy, who just happened to be president, whose nickname was dick. After the events in this movie, it took on a more pejorative meaning, not just tricky dick, too. I don't know about the script but Philip Baker Hall does the best nixon I have seen. And that's all there is: nixon, nothing but nixon.
About the script: I haven't heard the watergate tapes in their entirety, and I wasn't aware nixon used so many f-bombs. So be warned, because nixon drops more f-bombs than bombs he dropped on vietnam; it's a virtual reality of a rolling thunder of f-bombs, that's what you'll get here.
The thing that strikes me as funny about the events of watergate now, is that while nixon and friends were persecuted for breaking into the watergate, and very rightly so, their use of wiretaps and recording everything and the way congress embraced it, paved the way for today's 1984ish society.
The movie might seem like a very one sided and maybe even inaccurate depiction of a US president, but hey, that guy didn't earn the moniker tricky dick for nothing.
This review of Secret Honor (1984) was written by Knox M on 16 Oct 2015.
Secret Honor has generally received positive reviews.
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