September 11, 2006
Death of a President Film About George W Bush’s Assassination
Death of a President Film About George W Bush’s Assassination Share on FacebookA controversial British drama about the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush has been applauded following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.
Death of a President, which shows Bush shot dead in Chicago in 2007, was recently slammed as “irresponsible” and “horrible” by American politicians.
However, director Gabriel Range claims critics are judging the film unfairly as they have yet to see it.
He says, “I think the film makes it clear it would really be a horrific event. I really don’t think that anyone would get the idea of assassinating Bush from this film.”
He adds, “It is using the lens of the future to look at the present. It is about issues that have affected us all in the last five years. It is a film about America today.
“The central conceit of the film was that it is a drama, but told in the style of what we hope is a fairly authentic, classic, retrospective documentary. Clearly, if we had told a retrospective documentary with a fictional president, it would have undermined and undercut that central idea.”
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fjl
09/12/2006 at 4:33 pm
Sounds very interesting and entertaining, with abit of ‘toungue in cheek’ thrown in. Small wonder they’re worked up, the CIA wouldn’t get to assassinating Bush in fifty years.. why bother?
bluesboy
10/15/2006 at 11:54 am
Apparently they used digital effects to composite Bush’s head on an actor’s body. Pretty slick.
Ken Savage
10/15/2006 at 7:53 pm
I’ve been looking for this filn to watch online. I’ll let everyone know if I find it.