How To Write An Essay About The Movie The Campaign

1. This film is saying the American democracy can be easily corrupted. The film portrays that it takes strong, determined men with much integrity to stand up for what they know is right.

The film captures the frenetic energy involved in campaign work and also the stress it can have. On of the things the film highlights is the emotional drain campaigning can have with the effort it requires and its highs and lows. They sit for hours trying to figure out the best strategies, and often just to deliberate which word choices would appeal best to the American people. The volunteers and strategists are seen at emotional stages throughout the film as the story of Clinton 's campaign plays out. Ultimately, however, their hard work pays off as, in the conclusion of the film they get their victory as Bill Clinton is elected President.

The book is a very opinionated story of the election of 1972. It follows all the major political events leading up to elections like the primaries and the caucuses. The chapters are all split up in months and chronicle the major events and outcomes of the landmark events during each month. Along the way he includes many interviews that he took and many conversations between many of the people involved in the election. The book is a great insight to politics and gives a non- sugarcoated, non- media- altered view of politics. It talks about the griminess and political tactics used by the political parties and the candidates

In the documentary, The Yes Men Fix the World, Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum the two political activists expose the issues and misconduct of Corporations and depict the twisted logic of corporate capitalism. Bonanno and Bichlbaum lie their ways into conferences dress the part of corporate executives and have very convincing presentations along with visual aids and props to convince the audience they are authentic. They use humor, sarcasm and a variety of techniques to convince their captive audience and us the viewers to see things their way and to expose the misdoings of the corporations. During the dialogue they show both sides of the subject in their presentation this built more

The film Swing Vote is an American political culture film that relies heavily on film subtext to depict the negative attitude many Americans have towards voting, corruption inside a political election, and the spectacle of media frenzy. While the film gives a light hearted impression of a rare political snafu it is still consistent with the main themes of other political films of manipulation, money lust, and power hungry political heads that will stop at nothing for their own personal gain. We also see the political candidates merely as puppets while their campaign managers are the ones truly calling the shots. Swing Vote is a unique political culture film because due to the ordeal in the film’s plot, the politicians are at a disadvantage when they are usually the ones in power. With the tables turned we see how they construct their corrupt schemes and the direct effect it has on the character representing the American perspective. The strong symbols that convey the cultural norms in America’s political system are in need of a deeper analysis.

Corruption in the United States government takes the power away from the people and puts it into the hands of elite groups and politicians. This corruption is prevalent in the film “Mr. Smith goes to Washington”. The film has a strong message about corruption in the government, and places an innocent and naïve character, Mr. Smith in the middle of the corruption. In Washington, Mr. Smith discovers the corruption that has overtaken the capitol, but does not let it falter his integrity. Although Mr. Smith is surrounded by corruption, he is able to fight the system and bring some integrity back to Washington.

Throughout the entire documentary, there is a clear and concise motive that the author/creators of the film are trying to make the viewer believe. There is a notion that attempts to challenge the American system in which we live in

“Reporting live form Campaign Headquarters, it’s voting day here at Morning University, this is Kerry Missy. Students are out in record numbers this morning casting their votes to elect the next student leader representative. The energy here in the student welcome center is just phenomenal, with ten minutes’ left before the polls close, Timothy Cruise, has just cast his vote. Who will be the victor of this extremely close race between Michael Manor and Timothy Cruise? As the counts have started coming in it is still any one’s game, these two candidates are still neck and neck. One-minute left until the polls close and Michael Manor, has yet to arrive and cast his vote. His campaign team, looks to be in a panic. It is the top of the hour and polls have just closed. If you have not voted as yet folks, it’s too late now. I will be reporting this evening from the Marshall auditorium announcing the new student leader representative. This is Kerry Missy signing off.” Later that evening Kerry announced Timothy Cruise had won the election by one vote, Michael, and his best friend Mark had not voted that morning.

The day Weiner decided to run for mayor, was the day the documentary started. The film was meant to portray Anthony Weiner’s second chance. 2 years after his resignation, Anthony was ready to take on politics again as the Mayor of New York City. He agreed to be documented because he wanted the people of New York to see who he really was as a person because the documentary itself took a very close look into Anthony’s personal life. His campaign at first was going very well. New Yorkers all over were ready to give Weiner a second chance. The people of New York were hopeful for a change and Anthony Weiner seemed like the perfect person for the job. It was hard not to support Anthony Weiner during the beginning of his campaign because of the amount

Overall, our Game Change chapters were insightful and gave us a new perspective on John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It was interesting reading about Hillary’s tactics in the previous election and comparing them to how she is executing her current campaign. However, the most interesting aspect of our chapters was John Edwards and his arrogance. It was disappointing how his ambitions were overshadowed by his personal

The films The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seven Days in May (1964) and Fail Safe (1964) were the emergence of a new political film genre recognized as political thrillers. The films individually focused on specific political issues that were going on in real American society like The Manchurian Candidate focused on McCarthyism and communism, Seven Days in May focused on inside betrayal in the White House, and Fail Safe focused on issues with Russia. What made these films create a new genre was that collectively they had a twist that the audience wouldn’t expect to see. For example the Manchurian Candidate add a complexity to each and every character that for the length of the film they’re deemed to be troubled like the brainwashed veteran from the Korean War Major Bennett Marco portrayed by Frank Sinatra to assassinate when commanded to do so. The shocking conclusion of the film is that in the end it was his mother (portrayed by Angela Lansbury) who was commanding him to do so since she herself was a communist and did a very well job at manipulating not only her son but blaming other people for being communists in order to keep her own cover something that wasn’t incorporated into films quite yet until this film. The twists, complexity, and manipulation by the characters are what made this a political thriller and the first and foremost established as one in 1962. The thrill continues in Seven Days in May, but the story line shifts completely, it’s something fictional but

Before the 2010 elections, many people felt that they were, as the documentary stated, betrayed by Washington and Wall Street. This betrayal came due to many different reasons, including Barack Obama not showing his birth certificate, and Barack Obama not using advice from the House of Representatives or Congress for who he should direct his speeches toward. After the 2010 election, things went downhill for President Barack Obama due to decisions and actions he did. The House of Representatives and Congress went from having the Democratic Party being the majority to the Republican Party being the majority. After 2010 the “Divided States of America” brings up many polarizing topics including President Obama talking to John Boehner and shootings.

Patriocarcy is a documentary talking about the American political divide in America and how American government has turned into gridlock. Because of the gridlock America is a dysfunctional nation since our nations leaders of the house and senate wont listen to each other. Since the American government wont listen to each other they become to create a bigger divide in politics. In the 1970's the House of Representatives majority was held by Democrats and the republicans could not push through their political agenda. But this is when newt Gingrich was elected into office and began to push a fairly conservative agenda which then created bigger divide in congress. To change this congressional gridlock many CEO's began to stop campaign funds until

D. A. Pennebaker’s The War Room is a film about the figures behind the scenes of a political campaign. Given a subject that historically lends itself to drama and narrative tension, Pennebaker makes active choices in filming and editing to find the story within the story. The film becomes a sort of meta-art: a media narrative about the people responsible for controlling media narratives. Pennebaker approaches the film as an appreciation of fellow craftsmen, giving credit to James Carville and George Stephanopoulos’ tactical brilliance. Through the use of carefully thought-out editing, intentional camerawork, and intimate access, The War Room lays bare the hidden layers of communication present within the campaign.

     When candidates develop a plan of attack for campaign advertising, they tend to aim for at least four types of commercials. One form or type of commercial is those which play on the fears of countrymen. Fear