Oliver Stone's "W." movie

Summary:

"W." is the first autobiographical film about a sitting president. The director of the film, Oliver Stone, wanted "W." to be shown before the ending of Bush's presidency, either before the election day. The movie shows president George W. Bush's life from the beginning till nowadays. The reaction of people was different. According to Mark Caro,"Chicago Tribune", "Ripped from the headlines" is a phrase more often associated with "Law & Order" episodes than feature films. Movies generally take too long to make to be responsive to current events, and we generally consider film to be more about posterity than television anyway..."
Stone says that he wasn't intending his film to influence the current race. The fact that release of that movie was during the election race, in which Bush supports Repubicans, make us think that idea of the movie is to change elector's mind. However, Stone' opinion about this "This guy's influence is major. It impacted the world, he changed the way America works, he changed our foreign policy, he has the Bush Doctrine in place, so he's not going away in January, unfortunately".


My Personal Response:


We can compare this movie with Moore's ""Fahrenheit 9/11" in the summer of 2004. Both movies were political movies and came out before the election. I think that is kind of a propaganda. Because film shows Bush as a funny cowboy with a strong ambitions. Anyway, the fact that the film is about an active president makes me think that it is political method of agitating. In fact, the movie doesn't tell us something new about Bush's presidency, but it shows how a group of individuals with motivation and power can infiltrate the sacred office of the United States of America.