When I saw this photo of Bush speaking to the Military Officers Association of America (Sept. 5) it immediately made me think of a certain dark-comedy about the end of the world and the nutso general who starts the whole mess.
Stanley Kubrick's choice of angles when shooting Sterling Hayden's Gen. Jack T. Ripper added a level helplessness to those scenes. I'll never forget when Ripper explains why he made the order. He goes on about how he's sick of the politicians trying to make military decisions and that war should be left to the Generals, that's when you realize that it's already too late to stop the planes from reaching their targets. Dr. Strangelove is a must see film.
In a related story, British TV network More4 is going to show a 'what if?' mocumentary showing the aftermath of a fictional assassination of President Bush. This story made national news right before the labor day weekend and pretty much everyone forgot about it. However, the film, Death Of A President, will be shown on More4 on October 9 and is screening soon at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10. Obviously D.O.A.P. has generated controversy, rage and curiosity stateside, but it's doubtful this film will be shown in the United States, at least while Bush is still in office. But maybe down the road it'll get a DVD release that we can all watch and judge for ourselves.
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That is so flippin creepy. That's all I can say.
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