This Epic political drama, nominated for the Anthony Hopkins Oscars, Roger Ebert, compared to “Citizen Kane”, is finally broadcast on Prime Video

Stone is a filmmaker who has never been a stranger to the controversy, because he directed several films on division events and the figures of American history, in particular Salvador, the doors, peloton, killers born natural, And Born July 4. Although Stone received both praise and criticism for his mystery thriller on the theme of the plot Jfkwho posed his own theory on the assassination of John F. Kennedy,, It would not be the last time he made a controversial film on the life of an American president. Nixon vex Anthony Hopkins Like Richard Nixonwhose political career ended with shame when he became the first president of the history of the United States to resign. Although the film received four Oscar nominations, NixonThe biggest fan of Roger EbertWho said that Stone was “flavored by the greatest biography in the history of American cinema, Citizen Kane. “”

‘Nixon’ is more than a simple biopic

Nixon is not told in a sequential order of events, As Stone chooses to switch between different instrumental moments of life to examine the president’s troubled relationship by telling the truth. Although it was ultimately his lies concerning the Watergate scandal which forced him to leave the presidency, Nixon was haunted by many controversial decisions, because he often had the impression of being disadvantaged because he was not “sympathetic”. Although the opening moments show Nixon in a less than favorable light, while he tries to keep power by communicating with his chief of staff, HR Haldeman (James Woods), it has been revealed that he came from a much more humble education. The life of Nixon was traumatized by a family tragedy when he was younger, which created an unfavorable relationship with his mother (Mary Steenburgen). Although Nixon estimated that he embodied the true spirit of the American people, he considered that he was constantly overshadowed by Kennedy, who beat him during the 1960 presidential election.

Ebert praised Hopkins’s performance as not being an “identity theft”, As he felt that the award -winning actor gave “a deep and resonant performance that creates a man instead of imitating an image”. Although Nixon is described as ruthless as he tries to divert the blame for the break -in at the Watergate on different members of his party, this implies that he was trying to act with chivalry. The Nixon predecessor, President Lyndon B. Johnsonwas aggressive enough to involve the United States in the Vietnam War. While Nixon said the Americans should go home, he also despised the notion of not having “honorable peace” and did not want to remember history as the first American president to lose a war. The complex feelings of Nixon about the subject are explained in a brilliant sequence in which he speaks with a group of student demonstrators. The sequence takes place under the statue of Abraham LincolnIn what looks like a smart tribute at a similar moment involving Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) In Mr. Smith goes to Washington.

Roger Ebert compared “Nixon” to “Citizen Kane”

Citizen Kane is often cited when he discusses something the highest quality, but Ebert estimated that Stone was approaching the character of Nixon in a similar way to Representation of Orson Welles by Charles Foster Kane. Like Kane, Nixon is a stranger born without anything, and reaches only a position of power and influence by building a personality and by not yielding in his ambition. Nixon and Kane are finally canceled by their Egos; While Kane was dreaming of a childhood refused to him, Nixon is so obsessed with the archives of his actions that his bands are used against him when indictment articles are floated.

Nixon is more relevant than everAs he examines the consequences of a belligerent and narcissistic power seeker sitting in the White House. In one of the most disturbing scenes in the film, Nixon, Haldeman, and the domestic affairs advisor John Ehrlichman (JT walsh) Discuss the possibility of contesting the results of the presidential election, which could in turn inspire a civil war. Stone’s work may have been considered provocative, inflammatory and cynical at the time Nixon was released for the first time, but thirty years later, he turned out to be more salient than ever.

Nixon is now available to broadcast on a premium video in the United States

Nixon

Release date

December 22, 1995

Execution time

192 minutes

Director

Stone

Writers

Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele