December 27, 2007
charlie wilson's war
"Zia didn't murder Bhutto," says Julia Roberts' patriot, introducing the President of Pakistan, also a general, at a function. Shortly, Hanks's congressman repeats the line incredulously, and she again affirms the sentiment. At some distance from the small theater where we sat, free-basing Good'n'Plentys, Bhutto's daughter was en route to being murdered by the current President/General.
[Study needed on length of time it takes to make a movie based on political events as measured against time it takes for events to repeat themselves. Notes: competition of film and reality, appearance of collusion as competition, etc.]
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