I was not really sure what this film was trying to say. I did think that the script was rather predictable and unoriginal. The music was awful Hollywood nonsense.
A much better film that explores the purpose and consequences of violent political action in a human way is the The Weather Underground, and that documentary is real.
Last year in Chicago a man burned himself in view of one of the freeways during the day as political protest. On his website, he wrote that he had once walked past Donald Rumsfeld clutching a knife in his pocket and had done nothing but now wished he had. While the man's action was very disturbing, when reading his website, I found that he was very eloquent and seemed to feel a deep sense of humanity, thus casting his story in ambiguity. I think art should explore these ambiguities. Death of a President does not explore anything. It's like a Christopher guest film that isn't funny and had no interesting characters.
A much better film that explores the purpose and consequences of violent political action in a human way is the The Weather Underground, and that documentary is real.
Last year in Chicago a man burned himself in view of one of the freeways during the day as political protest. On his website, he wrote that he had once walked past Donald Rumsfeld clutching a knife in his pocket and had done nothing but now wished he had. While the man's action was very disturbing, when reading his website, I found that he was very eloquent and seemed to feel a deep sense of humanity, thus casting his story in ambiguity. I think art should explore these ambiguities. Death of a President does not explore anything. It's like a Christopher guest film that isn't funny and had no interesting characters.