Bush assassination film
POSTED BY: citizen
UPDATED: Saturday, September 16, 2006 20:20
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The drama takes the form of a fictional documentary looking back at the assassination of Mr Bush in October 2007, after he has delivered a speech to business leaders in Chicago.
When Mr Bush arrives in the city he is confronted by a massive demonstration against the Iraq war and is gunned down by a sniper as he leaves the venue. The hunt for Mr Bush's killer focuses on a Syrian-born man, Jamal Abu Zikri.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1862190,00.html
When I first heard about it it seemed pretty sick, but reading more into it, it sounds like it could be interesting. Less about the assassination and more about what that assassination could cause.
Though I've suddenly realised that the search string I used to look for articles on this story could be ill advised:
film george bush assassinated...
"Christ! This guy wants to film himself assassinating the president!"
Come to think of it this post sure has the word assassinate along with the name George Bush a lot…
Hey, don’t usually hear helicopters around here…
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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I'm a big fan of alternate history and speculative historical fiction. I am not a big fan of films depicting the assanation of the President.
Here's my solution. Fiction like this is not appropriate when the subject is a sitting President. I could go back a write about the assanation of President Clinton in 1994 leading to the defeat of ALGORE in 1996 and the capture and trial of Osama Bin Ladden in 1998 and the spontanious outbreak of world peace following the 11 Emmy's won by Firefly in 2002. That would be ok. Or I could write a speculative piece substituting a generic character in the place of George Bush and set in a contemporary timeperiod now or in the near future. All that would be ok and has been done in various forms. I've even read good novels set in the future that alludes to fictional events and real-life characters in the present (the Axis of Time trilogy for example).
This film however crosses the imaginary line of good taste and good sense. It should be condemned.
H
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But then I could say that about a great many speculative history pieces, like every hollywood WW2 movie 
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Something tells me that a man who cannot walk out of a room without help, who cannot chew food without choking and cannot complete a basic phrase without mangling it beyond recognition is not going to be much of a challenge for any would-be assassin.
However President Bush has a protection beyond the Secret Service, beyond respect for human life, beyond bullet proof vests. It is these two words that doubtlessly have saved his life these past few years.
President Cheney.
I suspect this is something the film will address. Presumably it will therefore be classified as a horror.
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I haven't seen the film, but speculation is always good. I think, given what happened to this country in the great 'throwing in the trash of the bill of rights' after 9-11, if the president got assassinated, we would all be seriously f^&ked. It's something that should be speculated about. Anything that could effect social change is. It's what science fiction is about. The more possible the event,m the more valid the speculation. "what if tall people had godlike powers" is a dumb idea not worth a lot of speculation, but "what if someone engineers a retrovirus that turns us all into monkeys" is interesting, because it could happen. So, sure.
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Well at least we know now that the FBI will soon become Browncoats. What with the search string for people threatening certain people.
Um Citizen - Best you not use your real name - might find yourself questioned at customs!
Too funny!
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Well, I'm certainly not a fan of George Bush, but I'm not entirely comfortable with a film depicting the assassination of a sitting President. That said, I don't think it should be censored anymore than I think the Clinton docudrama should be censored. The film will likely raise some interesting questions to be sure, but you can count on Republicans to spin this movie for their own purposes, as they will probably use it to help galvanzie their base before the elections. And as much as I loathe Bush, the last thing I want to see is him assassinated. Revisionist historians would undoubtedly depict him as a magnificent leader and a champion of freedom, and not the inept jackass that he is.
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When a political group ( The Left ) is so utterly bankrupt of ideas and has become so completely irelevent, this is the depths which some are willing to sink.
I believe this crosses the line of 'responsible' free speech,and that if the writers/ directors of this movie step foot in the US, they should be detained. Threatening the life of a sitting President,(which is clearly exactly what this movie depticts ) is against US law. They can dress it up any way they want, as 'an exercise in thought provoking fiction', or what ever the hell they call it, I call it down right evil. We don't need a 'fictional' national tragedy to amuse some pin headed fascination as to how a nation copes w/ another crisis. A generation before mine dealt w/ the assassination of JFK. Where were you when you heard the news... . Virtually every man and woman who was alive then can tell us exactly where they were, and what they were doing. Since then, we've had single events which brought the nation to tears, none the least of which was 9/11.
Given today's climate in the world, with Islamo-fascist murdering folks all over the globe, this is the most dispicable and reckless piece of shit I've ever heard.
Suppose someone does a 'fictional' film depicting the murder of someone close to the director, or the producers ? Perhaps the violent rape and mutilation of a mother, wife, or daughter ? How 'introspective' do you think THAT movie would be viewed?
I give them credit for at least choosing a leader from a FREE nation. Theo Van Gogh's death taught them not to make snuff films about Islamic leaders. Those folks don't take even the most vague or 'sophisticated' criticisms very well at all. Seems certain folks, UBL, Saddam, Iran's President, all are granted a pass for their deeds.
Then again, Matt Stone and Trey Parker didn't show any fear in the making of Team America! 
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I read a lot of bitter blog entries about this film. The only thing I can advise is that people watch the makers' previous fake documentary "The Day Britain Stopped" which was made for British TV. Despite being of a sensationalist theme, it was extremely well made and was told in a very matter of fact way. (which did make it kinda boring in some parts) and there was no evidence (to me at least) of any bias towards the left or right.
I think once people see the Death of a President film, they will wonder what all the fuss was about.
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At least we know where Auraptor stands: presenting false information as historical fact - acceptable. Presenting a fictional possibility - unacceptable. Films depicting the killing world leaders he disapproves of - acceptable. Films depicting the killing world leaders he approves of - unacceptable.
And he doubtlessly sees no problem there either.
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