The 2008 Oliver Stone film, W. is a film interpretation of George Bush’s presidency, and his life in whole. The film is not told in sequential chronological order, but instead jumps between Bush as president and Bush before becoming the 43rd President of the United States. Overall the film makes the claim that what Bush did has leader of the free world was a reflection of what his father could not do.
One scene that I feel is an honest evaluation of the Bush presidency is in the beginning of the film, it is the second scene, just after the prologue scene in the baseball diamond. It takes place in the oval office. George W. Bush is there with his advisors and they are discussing an address Bush must make to the American people. They specifically discuss how to represent the enemy, the word choice. They decide on the infamous Axis of Power.
This scene is an honest evaluation because essentially in the scene they are fabricating a phrase to associate with the countries, Bush declared war on. The Bush administration was often criticized for fabricating things to tell the Congress and the American people, specifically, the infamous Weapons of Mass Destruction. I believe Oliver Stone makes a point that the first bit of presidential work we see George W. Bush do in the film is a fabrication of information.
This is carried on later in the scene inside Bush’s “think tank” when they actually do begin to fabricate, or embellish the story.
One scene that I feel is an honest evaluation of the Bush presidency is in the beginning of the film, it is the second scene, just after the prologue scene in the baseball diamond. It takes place in the oval office. George W. Bush is there with his advisors and they are discussing an address Bush must make to the American people. They specifically discuss how to represent the enemy, the word choice. They decide on the infamous Axis of Power.
This scene is an honest evaluation because essentially in the scene they are fabricating a phrase to associate with the countries, Bush declared war on. The Bush administration was often criticized for fabricating things to tell the Congress and the American people, specifically, the infamous Weapons of Mass Destruction. I believe Oliver Stone makes a point that the first bit of presidential work we see George W. Bush do in the film is a fabrication of information.
This is carried on later in the scene inside Bush’s “think tank” when they actually do begin to fabricate, or embellish the story.
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