To be honest, I am not at all familiar with the famed Frost/Nixon interviews that aired on TV back in the late 70’s but I have always been very intrigued by them. When I heard about the play, I really wanted to see it but timing never worked out. Now that the film has been made into a movie, it was finally time for me to learn more about the interviews. I had no idea that the interviews were broken up into four 90-minute segments … I imagine that made for riveting TV all week long. Now, about the movie … while I liked it very much and felt that the performances were pretty amazing, I found the whole thing a touch too overdramatic. Pretty much every single element of these interviews was dramatized to the point of folly. I mean, I can see the truth in the story but all the extraneous drama added to the tale for heightened effect felt too forced for me. I also felt they handled the faux “documentary” interviews pretty shoddily … it just wasn’t believable. I also question that phone call that was supposedly made to Frost by Nixon on the eve of their final interview. It makes for great drama but … not totally believable. I’m sure those conventions worked better on stage. That being said, I was wholly fascinated by the whole thing … I can only imagine what life would be like today if something as heinous as Nixon’s crimes occurred to today. The man did such a disservice to our country that it has always pained me that he was never held accountable for his crimes (Gerald Ford, arguably our second worst president ever made sure of that). I can see the satisfaction that some may have gotten from watching Nixon crumble on national television.

While I enjoyed the movie and was thoroughly entertained I am now very anxious to watch the actual Frost/Nixon interviews in full. Having seen the dramatic reenactment, I now want to see the real thing.

Tonight, Darion and I have been invited to a pretty cool event … it looks really cold and rainy outside again today … but this event is deffo worth venturing out for! Deets tomorrow!!!