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Kaffeine Buzz
reviews independent and foreign films,
in addition to reporting the latest buzz behind
Colorado's film festivals.
The Hunting of the President
(Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry)
The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill Clinton
The timing for this film couldn't be more perfect.
As the Republican Party Convention ended this
week in New York, filled with hypocritical speeches
including one by a Hollywood star posing as a
politician, accusing Americans of being "girlie
man" on the state of our economy, we are
hit with additional evidence that there is much
more than special interest politics going on Washington.
And it's all going on right under our nose.
This intriguing and captivating documentary is
based on the New York Times Best Selling book
by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and takes us through
numerous interviews with journalists, politicians,
political analysts, lawyers, and every other Tom,
Dick, Harry and Suzie who were involved in the
predator-like conduct of appointed "independent"
counsel to investigate Bill Clinton. Through these
interviews and presentations of how Kenneth Star
and cooperatives went after Clinton, it becomes
very clear that the right wing party was attempting
to oust the president in whatever means possible.
How Bush was able to claim his presidential seat
after what happened in Florida starts to make
sense.
What was also infuriating were the admissions
by journalists who were assigned to stories in
a witch hunt fashion, sent out to dig up dirt
that wasn't really there. We're talking reputable
news organizations and papers that are supposed
to be reporting the facts, acting like a cheesy
Star columnist fabricating a story on a woman
who just gave birth to her alien love child. And
it was for nothing more than greed and the hopes
that they may romance the stone into a Pulitzer
Prize or best selling novel the likes of Woodward
and Bernstein.
The one thing that had me puzzled was the use
of obscure film clips from a variety of sources,
mainly movies from the '40s and '50s. While entertaining
in the way they mocked the ridiculous methods
these men in black used orchestrate the investigation,
it tended to take away from the serious nature
of what was taking place. I know that wasn't their
intension in any way, but that's how it felt to
me. I was too angry to laugh.
This documentary did an excellent job in showing
us how our government ate at it's own tail, and
stuck us taxpayers with the hefty dinner tab of
tens of millions of dollars spent in that 10 year
period. And at the end, you'll be interested to
see how our own Colorado Republican legislators
have crafted their own scheme for control.
www.thehuntingofthepresident.com/
Now playing at Starz Film Center for one week
only, September 3 - 9
-Kim Owens, September 3, 2004
Starz Special Programs Through
September 9
- MARCO POLO: RETURN TO XANADU - Kids Movie
for Ages 5 and up - Saturday Sept 4, 12:30pm,
Starz FilmCenter
- MAJOR BARBARA (1941) - Tattered Cover Book
Store Free Classic Film - Saturday Sept 4, 7:00pm,
Starz FilmCenter
- ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW - Live Shadowcast
- Saturday Sept 4, midnight, Starz FilmCenter
- BLUE VELVET (1986) - David Lynch film with
stop-start deconstruction by Denver screenwriter
and filmmaker Alexandre Philippe - Tuesday Sept
7, 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter
- BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE - Premiere with director
Rick McKay in person, with special guest host
The Denver Post theater critic John Moore -
Thursday Sept 9, 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter
Denver Film Society Special
Programs
- September 10-12 - NOUVEAUX CINÉASTES
- Exclusive series with five new French films
- Starz FilmCenter
- September 13 - GRANDPA'S STILL IN THE TUFF
SHED - Colorado Filmmaker Showcase - 7:00pm,
Starz FilmCenter
- September 14 - Denver Art Museum Cinema -
Monster Chiller Horror Theater - Tuesdays through
Oct. 26, Starz FilmCenter
- September 16 - THE RIGHT STUFF - Americana
Film Series - 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter
- September 19 - LIBERTY BOUND - Denver Premiere!
- 4:00, 6:00 and 8:00pm, Starz FilmCenter
- September 21 - DEADLINE - Denver Premiere
with directors Kirsten Johnson and Katy Chevigny,
and former Illinois Gov. George Ryan in person
- 7:00pm, Starz FilmCenter
- September 21, 22, 29 and October 6 - Cinematic
Capital Punishment Series - Four films including
the Denver premiere of DEADLINE (9/21), Krzysztof
Kieslowski's A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (9/22),
1958's I WANT TO LIVE (9/29) and 1938's ANGELS
WITH DIRTY FACES (10/06)
Oriental
Theater
Sept 1 - Sept 7 THE NANNY
Sept 8 - Sept 14 LES MISERABLES
Sept 15 - Sept 21 TO BE ANNOUNCED
Sept 22 - Sept 29 ALL ABOUT EVE
The Historic Oriental Theatre
4335 W. 44th Avenue
Denver, CO 80212
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