Ron Howard
Frost - Nixon: Il Duello

THE REVIEW

The film is a true story that was  made  into a  movie only 30 years later. 

United States, 1977. Nixon, after  the “impeachment”  of  1974, has retired to California,  in his estate. He plays golf, reads, perhaps thinks – certainly does not give interviews. He was smart: he made himself a mystery.  

A year before the scandal film, “All the President’s Men” by  Alan Pakula,  came out, revealing what was really behind Watergate. Suddenly, Nixon’s name was back in the spotlight. 

The former president – for money and perhaps  wounded in pride by Pakula's film, agrees to be interviewed by a harmless British journalist, David Frost.    

David, who probably had never read a newspaper in his life, would make history.

The very delicate balance of Ron Howard, who does not forget to mention Nixon’s political achievements, is worth much more than many one-sided books written   about him.  

Whoever sees the film carefully will understand well who was hiding behind the facade. It’s a film where history, intelligence, and stupidity unite, terrible insecurities hidden by arrogance.

If you watch it, you'll also witness a monologue that belongs in the annals of acting (Oscar nomination for Frank Langella).

The analysis of the press in the finale, probably inspired by the words of “Deep Throat” in “All  the President’s Men”, is the icing on the  cake.