Historical\political movies.

[apsham]

So today in Political Science we watched part of Thirteen Days (with Kevin Costner, based on the Cuban Missle Crisis) and I realized that I am very interested in history type movies and especially ones that deal with things that we would never usually see. Priority goes to anything political, but just anything would be welcome.

[Guest Rabid Wolveringo]

If you like 13 Days, then you must absolutely positively indubitably watch JFK. Don't take everything you see in it as absolute truth though.

[Skummy]

Nixon's worth a watch too, but again, don't take it too seriously. Damn good film all the same, though, I reckon.

[apsham]

Hmm... I like the idea of Nixon. Does Hopkins play him convincingly?

[zero]

All the President's Men - more of a journalist's movie, but it deals with Watergate. Still one of the greatest movies of all-time though.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Politically Dr. Strangelove is an extremely good black comedy looking at the cold war and ludicrous nature of Nuclear warfare as a whole.

[ACCBiggz]

Well I was gonna mention Dr. Strangelove as it's awesome, but how can we not love Schindler's List.

[stokeriño]

Primary Colours (John Travolta as Bill Clinton, though under a different name = ratings) and Good Night and Good Luck are two great ones that my own, aside from Dr. Strangelove of course.

[ONO]

Downfall - Hitler's final days in the bunker, surrounded by absolute chaos, madness and fantasy stories of a potential escape. We see Hitler as this charmer with a mere human side, who loves his dog, and gives compliments to his secretaries. Bruno Ganz pulls it off brilliantly. Hitler is ravaged with Parkinsons disease throughout the film, as evident by his constant hand shakes and movements.

Absolutely great movie.

Edited February 2, 2007 by Lost Soul

[stokeriño]

Ah, Downfall. I've been meaning to see that one.

Another political 'movie' I have is The Fog of War. But then, even though they call it a movie, it's really just a feature length interview with Robert McNamara. Still, I love that sort of thing. Doing War Studies might have had something to do with it.

[lafunky xxvii]

The Day Reagan Was Shot was an awesome straight to TV movie I saw on Movies 24. It may not have won any Oscars, but it certainly painted a bleak picture of the clusterfuck in Reagan's cabinet.

[VerbalPuke]

Gangs of New York.

It's maybe not absolutely heavy White House sort of politics, but it does involve posturing from a local political figure as well as spending time on the first drafts for the Civil War. There were heavy political implications involved in that whole situation leading to a draft riot.

Also, you could say the movie focuses on the politics of street life, with one warlord of a gang overseeing the daily operations of an area of New York (the Five Points).

On top of that, Daniel Day Lewis is fucking fantastic in this movie. It's seriously one of my favorite performances in any movie.

[RandomHero]

Glory is a good flick that is pretty historically accurate.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Try and get your hands on the British public information film on the effects of nuclear war. I believe they bottled it at the last minute and never showed it.

It's quite harrowing for a "viewable by anyone" television programme apparantly.

[Iain76er]

Downfall - Hitler's final days in the bunker, surrounded by absolute chaos, madness and fantasy stories of a potential escape. We see Hitler as this charmer with a mere human side, who loves his dog, and gives compliments to his secretaries. Bruno Ganz pulls it off brilliantly. Hitler is ravaged with Parkinsons disease throughout the film, as evident by his constant hand shakes and movements.

Absolutely great movie.

[apsham]

I'm low on money and none of these bastards are going to torrent I think because of my stupid uni internet connection.. so I'll just have to write them all down on a list. I'm interested in Downfall. Is it all in German with subtitles?

[Iain76er]

Ja.

(Yes.)