Thursday 10 November 2022

The Castle of Death



Sickness to The Brink of Death

Nixon (1995) HQ "Do you ever think of death, Dick?"



"Oliver Stone's talents as a Director may be erratic 
but they shine at full strength in the richness 
of this scene depicting an uneasy agreement 
between President Richard Nixon 
and CIA Director Richard Helms.

Stone's trademark of combining aesthetic precision 
with playful creativity gives this scene 
a spinning prism-like effect, 
flashing light into a myriad of 
shadowy and suggestive areas.

However the historical inaccuracy 
of Oliver Stone's works is often held up. 
My view is that watching a film 
is like experiencing another person's dream. 
A film cannot really re-create people or events. 
It is inherently too subjective.

Stone's "dreams" make me especially curious 
to know more about historical figures 
and events and in that sense 
I appreciate them. 
I do not watch them expecting to see "what really happened". 
Hopkins is a puppet, Stone a puppeteer 
creating questions and intrigue. 
Like them, we have to find Our Own Truth 
about Nixon and Helms..."


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