On the day of elections in the United Statesthere are several films and series linked to donald trump and in an almost non-existent way with his opponent Kamala Harris except for his appearances on TV during the campaign. Streaming provides fictional material, almost always inspired by real events. Either way, reality always surpasses fiction. Let’s see
It can be seen on Netflix “Trump: an American dream”, a 2017 documentary series that in four chapters tells the rise of donald trump from his first steps in New York high society to the White House. Four decades of American history to which trump made his contribution in images: from wrestling matches to episodes of “Sex and the city”, from pizza ads to political debates.
The first chapter takes place in the 70s and 80s, when the young trump took his first steps in New York: his father Fred was detained in the Bronx during the mayor’s years Ed Koch and street gangs. Crime is shown on the rise and the advent of new laws. trump He took advantage of the chaos to buy historic buildings and lay the foundation stone for Trump Tower. To deal with the leftist administration, trump chose as mentor Roy Cohnformer lawyer for the big mafia families, former prosecutor who sent the Rosemberg couple to death during McCarthyism, former black eminence of the Reagan administration. A character so controversial that he deserves to be played by Al Pacino in “Angels in America.”
The second episode addresses the 80s and 90s, when after conquering New York trump discover Atlantic City and start romances with Marla Maples and Ivana. The third chapter addresses the years 90 and 2000. trump he puts his last name on meat producers, Korean builders, board game creators. These are the years when he becomes his own press office and calls the newspapers to give news about himself. The sumptuous wedding with the supermodel arrives Melania Knaussin which the Clintons also participate. In the last chapter, the years 2000 and 2010, trump becomes the star of the most watched reality show on TV: “The Apprentice”. One of the interviewees maintains that millions of Americans without memory allowed themselves to be fascinated by the archetype of the winning and determined businessman, forgetting bankruptcies and failures.
On Prime Video you can see “The Trump Show”a 2020 documentary featuring protests, political unrest, and the pandemic: The inside story of the Trump presidency. Friends and enemies talk about his rise from TV star to US leader.
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The movie released two weeks ago, “The apprentice”, is a biographical drama directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Sebastian Stan as donald trump and focuses on his formative years as a real estate mogul in New York. While narrating the relationship of trump with his lawyer and mentor, Roy Cohnperformed by Jeremy Strongwith the rise of the magnate since the ’70s in the field of real estate, as well as the unorthodox methods he used, guided by cohnknown for his influence on the right and political manipulator. The performances were praised since its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, however the film brought controversy. The team of trump sent a cease and desist letter accusing the filmmakers of defamation and illegal election interference.
The film shows trump in never-before-seen aspects, including a powerful theme based on the book Lost Tycoon. During a scene, trump is depicted in a violent confrontation with his first wife, Ivana Trumpperformed by Maria Bakalova. Ivana accused trump of rape in a divorce affidavit in 1990, although he later clarified his words by indicating that he did not mean it “in a literal or criminal sense.” trump he always denied said accusation.
On the occasion of its premiere in Cannes, “The Apprentice received a standing ovation. The director highlighted the importance of making films that address relevant political and social issues, highlighting in a statement that “there is no nice metaphorical way to deal with fascism.” Remember the great filmmaker Michael Moore in times of George Bush.
trump led the television show “The Apprentice”, in which accusations arose about whether he was offensive to black contestants on the show. The film, despite all obstacles, secured its place in the awards season.
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Collaterally and as a surprising prediction of what happens today in the elections, “Veep”, Award-winning comedy series originally broadcast between 2012 and 2019 on HBO, has a tie scenario in the fourth and fifth seasons.
The president Selina Meyer, embodied by Julia Louis-Dreyfusfaces the opposition senator Bill O’Brien in a presidential election that ends in a tie of 269 electoral college votes, which leads to activating the amendment of the Constitution and a definition in the House of Representatives.
Typical of the series’ hilarious tone, there are delayed counts and delays in certifying Nevada’s coveted electoral college. Two months after election day, the House of Representatives holds the historic vote to break the tie between Meyer and O’Brienbut neither of the two candidates obtains at least 26 votes, so the decision is sent to the Senate.
Any similarity with the close result in the United States today between the Democrat Kamala Harris and the republican donald trump It is mere coincidence. The series is available on the Max platform.
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In the film “Hillbilly, a rural elegy”, which can be seen on Netflix, the life and upbringing of J.D. Vance in a working class family in the rust belt of the United States. The film is based on the book by Vance, running mate trump for the vice presidency, which at the time became a bestseller and that is why it was made into a movie.
The 2020 film directed by Ron Howard and starring Glen Close like the rural grandmother and Amy Addams It was branded at the time as a Trumpist, criticized for exalting old-fashioned values and was destroyed at the time for considering it speculative and repugnant, “masked with empathy”, “cosplay of poverty”, “an attempt to mitigate liberal guilt”. The film lacks the politically correct stories that people love so much like diversity, inclusion or Black Lives Matter.
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None of this is part of the theme of this melodrama in which the protagonist tells of his upbringing and experience in deep America, in the mountains of Appalachia, with the problems of the white working class and the lack of opportunities. The issues of a community absorbed by poverty and drugs offer the portrait of a dysfunctional family to create a painting of the United States of Donald Trump and the American dream: how the son of a heroin addict, who lost his jobs , ends up achieving, thanks to his tenacity and avoiding the daily hell, a degree as a lawyer at Yale University and then working in the best law firms in the country.
In “Dirty Money”, 2018 documentary series available on Netflix, corruption scandals in the business world are revealed: from abusive loans to cars manipulated to pass emissions tests, among which appears Trump. There are also stories about events of international magnitude related to corporate corruption, securities fraud and creative accounting.
Source: Ambito
