Post by london777 on Jun 20, 2018 21:53:47 GMT
Although he is in no way an "auteur", Stephen Frears is one of my favorite directors. He seems to deliberately work in as many different genres as possible, though I do not think he has attempted a western yet.
Three efforts of his that deal with politics are:
The Deal (TV movie) 2003
Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) and Gordon Brown (David Morrissey), the two main contenders to lead the Labour Party, expected to be in power shortly, negotiate a secret deal to share power. Years later, Blair reneged on his undertaking and the ensuing hostility between the two was a factor in Labour's fall from power.
The Queen (2006) which covers how Tony Blair (Michael Sheen again - brilliant) and his "master of the dark arts" Alastair Campbell, manipulated the death of Princess Diana to win a propaganda coup for Blair's government.
Incidentally, the character of the foul-mouthed and bullying Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi in the movie "In the Loop", which I mentioned in a previous post, was closely modeled on Campbell. This is typical:
A Very English Scandal (TV Mini-Series) (2018)
Hugh Grant returns to top form as Jeremy Thorpe, the gifted but unstable leader of the UK's "third" party, the Liberals, who was accused of commissioning a hit on his male lover.
Three efforts of his that deal with politics are:
The Deal (TV movie) 2003
Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) and Gordon Brown (David Morrissey), the two main contenders to lead the Labour Party, expected to be in power shortly, negotiate a secret deal to share power. Years later, Blair reneged on his undertaking and the ensuing hostility between the two was a factor in Labour's fall from power.
The Queen (2006) which covers how Tony Blair (Michael Sheen again - brilliant) and his "master of the dark arts" Alastair Campbell, manipulated the death of Princess Diana to win a propaganda coup for Blair's government.
Incidentally, the character of the foul-mouthed and bullying Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi in the movie "In the Loop", which I mentioned in a previous post, was closely modeled on Campbell. This is typical:
A Very English Scandal (TV Mini-Series) (2018)
Hugh Grant returns to top form as Jeremy Thorpe, the gifted but unstable leader of the UK's "third" party, the Liberals, who was accused of commissioning a hit on his male lover.