Poetic Film Review: Frost/Nixon (2008)

In twilight's hush, where shadows play,
A scandal's legacy fades away,
Watergate, once a fire that burned so bright,
Now but a spark, lost in the dark of night.

The years have passed, and times have changed,
The politics of old, now but a range,
Of covert deeds, and surveillance cold,
The crimes of Nixon, now a story oft told.

Hollywood's lens, a nostalgic gaze,
Frost/Nixon, a film, in a bygone daze,
Ron Howard's direction, competent, yet gray,
A theatrical adaptation, in a cinematic way.

The plot unwinds, a dance of cat and mouse,
Frost and Nixon, in a game of truth and rouse,
Their motivations, a complex, tangled web,
A journalist's ambition, and a president's pledge.

The performances, a highlight of the show,
Langella's Nixon, a masterful, nuanced glow,
Sheen's Frost, a determined, driven soul,
Their conflict, a tension, that makes the heart whole.

But for the young, and those with modern eyes,
The film may seem, a relic of a bygone surprise,
A storm in a teacup, a scandal, now but a tale,
The dramatic stakes, diminished, and the tension frail.

The film's release, a coincidence of time,
A reflection of the politics, of a bygone crime,
Bush and Nixon, two presidents, compared,
Their legacies, a complex, tangled, and scarred.

Frost/Nixon, a film, that stands the test,
A solid representation, of a historical nest,
But for the truth, and the authentic tale,
Look to the documents, and the interviews that prevail.

The Hollywood production, a dramatized account,
A story, told, with a bias, and a particular mount,
The actual events, a complex, and nuanced web,
A story, that's still unfolding, and yet to be said.

(Note: The review in its original form can be read here.)

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