A portrait of controversial political strategist and former Donald Trump advisor, Steve Bannon.A portrait of controversial political strategist and former Donald Trump advisor, Steve Bannon.A portrait of controversial political strategist and former Donald Trump advisor, Steve Bannon.
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Steve Bannon
- Self
- (as Stephen K. Bannon)
Bill Clinton
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
- Self
- (archive footage)
Donald Trump
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
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Fascinating how a low-level celebrity can be so ignorant and delusional
Errol Morris does his usual job of letting his subject reveal himself/herself by simply asking a few pointed questions. However, with Steve Bannon, it should take no more than a few minutes to determine that he is woefully unenlightened, and really has no clue as to the dynamics of American politics or its people. I wonder whether he's ever read a book about politics, society, or sociology. I do know he's a movie fan, and '12 O'Clock High, a film starring Gregory Peck, who is bracing his pilots prior to bombing missions not to expect a happy ending. In a famous line from the film--but one that is a common phrase observed by soldiers in wartime or observers of war, he tells his men not to worry about death because 'you're already dead.' Such a sentiment has been expressed in scores of books by participants in war and observers and researchers about war. It's nothing new, although Bannon seems to think it is somehow revelatory. It's surprising he was so influenced by the movie and the scene given Bannon's supposed position that you must go forward to advance your agenca 'by any means necessary,' as Malcolm X said, and many before him. The inconsistency is that Malcolm X meant it. Bannon doesn't. He worked briefly as a bureaucrat, has never been in combat, and has no clue how most Americans feel in regards to actually lay down their lives for someone like Trump. The fact is Trump's followers are not about to do something so 'revolutionary' except perhaps for a few people on the periphery. I can only think of one person pre-Trump, McVey, who ignited the bomb in Oklahoma, that committed himself to an act that would surely end in his capture, and his demise. Ironically, McVey wasn't exactly the brightest bulb, and got caught quickly. Bannon is not tough nor is he brave. If he thinks that an armed rebellion will commence with millions of Americans taking to the streets with weapons in support of Trump, he hasn't examined the situation deeply. Bannon comes off as being a right wing version of a thoughtless leftist radical. However, there are dozens of thinkers, philosophers, political scientists, historians that have studied liberal discontents and have written hundreds of books about the issue. Bannon's education is woefully lacking, and his sophistication in pitiful. I truly was shocked that his level of discourse sounded like a high school student, and with no true feasible plan to make a change. It is also highly doubtful he has ever studied revolutions in Latin America. Where there truly are threats to peace, and where rebellion does end in killing. Bannon is a perfect subject for an Errol Morris film. He reveals how unenlightened he is while at the same time, presents Morris as a lot more sophisticated in thinking about the important issues of the ruling class in America. For Bannon to consider himself to be a so-called 'populist' because he has a small inkling of what that means is doing no favors to anyone. He also seems to have no political savvy. You don't spread ideas among the general public if you don't know your audience. I haven't read his columns for Breitbart news. But why haven't people that share his view seem to lack any evidence about what they espouse. They don't use economic analyses, political explanations, historical precedence except for the most asinine claims. Why? They simply don't know much--in fact, they don't seem to know much of anything. Could you imagine comparing people in the pro-Trump movement with our 'founding fathers.' It's absurd. Bannon reveals the emperor has no clothes. The emperor is not very convincing except to those that don't read. This has nothing to do with fake news. It demonstrates a deep ignorance that may result in violent attacks by outsiders, but if you review the resumes of many of the 1/6 invaders, they don't even seem to be able to hold down jobs. Bannon is a metonymy for a disoriented, dislocated group of individuals that lack all sophistication, that threaten the public or gov't as though such threats will be helpful to their cause. They won't be. Who would risk his life or her life for people that need to get a life? This must have been Errol Morris's easiest film to make.
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- Steve Bannon. El ideólogo de Trump
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- Gross US & Canada
- $51,891
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,287
- Nov 3, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $51,891
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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