All The President’s Men

This week’s movie, “All the President’s Men” was ridiculous to me. I couldn’t believe that what happened in the film actually happened in real life. How could someone of high power hire some buffoons to do a bad job on something so scandalous? Especially since two of the men were from the C.I.A and it really wasn’t necessary to have five men work on one mission. Although we all knew the outcome of the film, I thought the film was pretty good. It was interesting to see how the two young reporters got all their information against members of the White House. 

I would agree with the reading that “All the President’s Men” was a paranoia film. Remember during the time, people started to mistrust the government. America didn’t fear foreigners as much anymore, they more so feared their own kind. Wives started to mistrust their husbands and the whole Ideal American family went out the door.  People started to do their own thing.  In the film, people immediately began to question why the men tried to steal the files.  Even while working on the case, the two reporters started to become paranoid themselves thinking that maybe the government would hire someone to kill them. Also, I myself started to become paranoid, thinking that the reporters would run into trouble.

The film also showed the rise of media.  As seen in the film, reporters started to play detective. Everyone wanted to be the first to dish the dirt. Lives of celebrities and important figures were exposed to the public. Scandals were main headlines and were portrayed in books and films. Through the years this has become more and more common. Now we have the paparazzi, they basically make a living off of following famous people. They dish their dirt out to internet websites and television shows designed to let viewers know what’s going on kind of like the entertainment version of the news.  For an example, 9/11 was a huge tragedy but it inspired two films and some books/documentaries.