How Political Satire is Done

mrwarmth

A wily, labyrinthine political satire that is saved from being over the top by the brilliant performances of its cast.  The movie takes the paranoid storytelling style of the Cold War thriller, but applies it to American domestic politics instead.  It is very much like "Three Days of the Condor" in that respect.  However, "Winter Kills" has a much more sophisticated point of view on American politics than the latter film, and does a great job of showing how the interconnected corruptions of family, culture, technology and politics all intersect in the most surprising, and horrifying ways.  The movie was way ahead of its time in this respect, and is just as relevant to day as it was when it was made - perhaps more so.

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mrwarmth 26 August 2004

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