|
October
19, 2007 the President of the United
States will die. On a fictional level
that is.
Once
again the background comes to life.
In Death
of a President, director Gabriel Range
fast forwards an audience to the
dramatic conclusions of the Iraq war’
ending results on an African American
family, an Islamic family and the
Presidents world. As well as the
portrayal of a nation that is deeply
affected while watching these
hypothetical catastrophic events taking
place via influential and sometimes
brainwashing media.
Incredibly put together, the fictional
series of events takes you from the
Presidents arrival via Air Force 1where
he, still our present President Bush,
meets and greets the Chicago office of
government and is escorted to his
limousine that heads towards downtown
Chicago.
As
depiction continues, the fictional film
moves forward with President in tow as a
large police escort along with Federal
Agents lead Bush to the Economic
Conference where he is to speak briefly
before being quickly shuffled back to
the White House.
As the
President arrives closer to his
destination the noticeable crowd of
demonstrators grows louder and more
violent as the flag ridden limousine
baring the White House God moves through
the tumultuous crowd. Screams laden with
signs of protest are real and evident.
It is apparent that this crowd is unlike
any other than before.
Graphically told, Range has the
‘fictional’ staff walk you through the
events of the day with such detail and
uneasiness about the Presidents present
position. Each confirming that that day
felt different; unlike any other.
As Range
proceeds, he carefully weaves the story
around present day likeliness of the
killer being of Islamic descent and the
reactions of world that have been
influenced by the media’ storytelling
ways. Rumors, possibilities and factual
endings are all placed carefully inside
the story as director Gabriel Range
tells it to almost a real completion.
Death of
a President will conjure up emotion and
cause the audience to question our
government’s actions as well as our own
actions in regards to how Americans are
quick to condemn without just cause. How
nationality equals guilty. And how
what’s done is done and no other
explanation is necessarily needed once
the gavel has been laid to rest.
|
