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Film on President Bush "assassination" blasted
A British film that depicts the assassination of President Bush is causing an uproar in Britain where nearly every British newspaper carried photos from it.
A story by Kevin Sullivan of The Washington Post said the television film, "Death of a President" shows an eerily realistic depiction of an October 2007 assassination of the American president. Peter Dale, head of More4, the television channel that will broadcast the film next month, defended the film as a serious and thought-provoking film, while critics decried it as a publicity stunt to gain ratings for a 10-month-old television station. Others said that using computer images of a real president give crazy people the idea to try it. The newspaper photos in black and white were of a mortally wounded Bush dying in a Secret Service agent's arms. Bush's head was added by a computer to an actor's body. Dale said the assassination scene is brief — less than what people see for real on the nightly news — and the film explores the dramatic ramifications for the world. The president in the film is killed by a Syrian-born gunman after Bush gives a speech in Chicago. What do you think of this type of film? And would you watch it? Posted by Steve E. Swenson 13 comments from 11 users
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posted by
CurtDalton
on Sep 1, 2006 at 12:46 PM
Tasteless. Woohoo! I'm sure they would come absolutely and totally un-glued!
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Sep 1, 2006 at 01:39 PM
It takes a lot to get me to watch any movie, considering my short attention span and whatnot.
It's a bit over the line, though I can see the merits of their defense -- a speculative look at the possible ramifications of a plausible event.
posted by
mattloch
on Sep 1, 2006 at 01:49 PM
Why would they kill him with less than a year left in his term? He would become a martyr for neo-cons everywhere. He can do so much more damage while left in power. Bin Laden needs him alive just as much as he needs bin Laden alive. . As for the question posed here, I'm not sure that a movie with that goal needs to show the assassination. It could have worked just as well by beginning one second after the event. I think there's plenty of reason they did it, and while you can bemoan the tactics, it worked, didn't it? Got your stupid @ss talking about it. Now the terrorists have won. Hope you're happy. ;) posted by
blognroll
on Sep 1, 2006 at 02:12 PM
For many people across the nation, and across the world, the scenario played out in this movie represents the fulfillment of a wish. I can't say I agree with everything that this president represents. On the other hand (knock on wood), there hasn't been a major terrorist attack on the United States since 9/11. Of course that's got to be a coincidence, right?
posted by
mattloch
on Sep 1, 2006 at 03:00 PM
BLT, read a book like "The One-Percent Doctrine", and then try to say that with a straight face. It is not a coincidence, but not in the way you think.
posted by
antiextremism
on Sep 1, 2006 at 03:18 PM
mattloch, Nostadamus made this prediction..........
"After much futile searching, the long hunted Terror from the Mountain will be rooted out of his domain, just days before the mid term elections of the Annointed Ones." No really, he said that...but......uh.....the records of that prediction were lost somewhere. Just take my word for it.  Or maybe we can ask John Edwards to personally ask Nostradamus! Better yet we'll ask Pat Robertson to ask God.posted by
anonymous
on Sep 1, 2006 at 05:36 PM
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
It amazes me, sometimes, the things that get people in a tizzy. It's a movie, maybe a bad movie with a bad...poor plot. Hardly anything to get worked up about. I hate to go "political" with this, but Hannity, Limbaugh and the local @ss on KNZR were just beside themselves, ranting about liberals and Hollywood and making a movie depicting Bill Clinton (they just cannot let that man be) being beheaded and on and on and on. Sometimes you just have to look at things and say, what the... posted by
TomW
on Sep 1, 2006 at 05:56 PM
Didn't Hollywood make a film about Clinton getting assassinated? John Malkovich and Clint Eastwood. Didn't name Clinton, but the idea was there and I don't remember them getting upset. As for wish fulfillment, I'd like to see Bush go on trial, but I wouldn't wish physical harm on him. Besides, only liberal Presidents get shot for their politics.
posted by
NancyII
on Sep 1, 2006 at 07:38 PM
I still like "Primary Colors." Also no Clinton name but no doubt who it was about.A slight non sequiter but then, what the ....... posted by
TomW
on Sep 2, 2006 at 08:57 AM
WSJ: Reagan wasn't shot because of his politics. He was shot because he was famous. As for JFK, definately a liberal.
posted by
anonymous
on Sep 2, 2006 at 02:41 PM
Not to worry Republikens are made of teflon, the guy who shot Reagan got a clear shot, but the teflon saved him. Bush is even more of a teflon guy, bullets goes these guys like water off a fine wax car finish.
Beside this is only a movie, Hollywood made fun of an attack on the queen in a Naked Gun movie, hey maybe this should be a comedy than no one would object. posted by
dgrealish
on Sep 2, 2006 at 03:59 PM
I don't remember Hollywood ever portraying the Queen Mum negatively Curt, but in just about every C comedy, there's a Queen look-alike doing horrendously demeaning things. The Brits haven't gone to war with us over it. Maybe we should take a lesson from them and not let our panties get in a knot over this. It's a movie. Fiction. If the Secret Service feels the need to beef up security around the President, let them. But for us to be insulted, it's nonsense. posted by
anonymous
on Sep 2, 2006 at 06:27 PM
JFK cut top tax rate in half. Not a very liberal thing to do.
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