I think River Page makes some good points generally, but I found myself wondering what sort of "moral ambiguity" he would have added to "Reagan"? I lived through the Reagan presidency; I voted for him. Did the film leave something out? I don't remember anything about mistresses, influence peddling, or dirty politics during his administra…
I think River Page makes some good points generally, but I found myself wondering what sort of "moral ambiguity" he would have added to "Reagan"? I lived through the Reagan presidency; I voted for him. Did the film leave something out? I don't remember anything about mistresses, influence peddling, or dirty politics during his administration. Maybe it's just me viewing decades old events through my right wing rose colored glasses. It seems to me Reagan was a good fellow.
I have a suspicion Page was really looking for scenes that would show how bad all Reagan's policies supposedly were. In other words, what he really wanted to see was a left wing movie about Reagan instead of a right wing movie about Reagan. I'm not sure the former would have been a better movie than the latter in any objective sense. No doubt everybody who loved Reagan would hate it but the critics would soft-pedal their criticisms of the filmmaker's craft.
I think River Page makes some good points generally, but I found myself wondering what sort of "moral ambiguity" he would have added to "Reagan"? I lived through the Reagan presidency; I voted for him. Did the film leave something out? I don't remember anything about mistresses, influence peddling, or dirty politics during his administration. Maybe it's just me viewing decades old events through my right wing rose colored glasses. It seems to me Reagan was a good fellow.
I have a suspicion Page was really looking for scenes that would show how bad all Reagan's policies supposedly were. In other words, what he really wanted to see was a left wing movie about Reagan instead of a right wing movie about Reagan. I'm not sure the former would have been a better movie than the latter in any objective sense. No doubt everybody who loved Reagan would hate it but the critics would soft-pedal their criticisms of the filmmaker's craft.