Citizen Trump: A One Man Show - Robert Orlando

• Auteur(s) : Robert Orlando
• Editeur : Post Hill Press
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/06/2021
• Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg
• Nombre de pages : 176
• Expédition : 295
• Dimensions : 18.0 x 14.2 x 2.0

Résumé :
Trump knew from early on that he who controls the story controls the world.

Writer/director Robert Orlando, locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic, learned Citizen Kane was Trump's favorite film, and the parallels were astonishing. Both Kane and Trump are swaggering masters of media, and both claim to stand for the working man. Orson Welles, the boy genius of Kane, was possessing me from the grave, states Orlando.

In Orlando's acclaimed documentary Citizen Trump, we witness Trump, like Kane, trying to escape unglamorous beginnings. A decades-long effort to rise as aspiring Hollywood mogul, real estate player, darling of gossip columnists, casino owner, dabbler in politics, and reality TV star. Each new stage was a rehearsal for his role as president. In this follow-up to the film, Orlando takes an even deeper dive into the nature of Trump's background as an entertainer-and how it led to the miraculous upset of Clinton and his rise as president.

Truth-be-told, Kane was crushed by scandal; Trump was not. He triumphed above front-page divorces, bankruptcies, unprecedented media attacks, and political chaos. Did his failed attempt at re-election end his star power? Citizen Trump gives us our looking glass.

Filmmaker Robert Orlando probes some of the secrets of Trump's obsessions, and finds answers in what the president has described as his favorite film [Citizen Kane]…. Striking, very watchable. Fascinating film! -Michael Medved, Movie Critic

Robert Orlando's 2020 documentary shows Trump's favorite film is a road map to his methods. -Joseph Serwach, Medium

To do so, he tells President Trump's life story in the cinematographic style of Citizen Kane, incorporating the iconic snow globe, the campaign poster, and even the mysterious word ('Rosebud') that is central to Orson Welles' masterpiece. -Gabriel Andrade, Merion West

Through the lens of the 1941 classic Citizen Kane, a documentary filmmaker seeks to understand the life journey of President Trump and his successful venture into politics. -Josh Shepherd, The Federalist

This is the fascinating parallel that inspired Robert Orlando. The film is remarkable-truly in the literal sense. It's visually engaging, if not riveting. -Paul Kengor, The American Spectator

Biographie:
Robert Orlando, BFA, School of Visual Arts, is a filmmaker, author, entrepreneur, and scholar. As an entrepreneur, he founded Nexus Media. As a scholar, his studies include film, religion, ancient and modern history, and biography. As an award-winning writer/director, his films include the thought-provoking documentaries Silence Patton, The Divine Plan, and Citizen Trump. His books include Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe and The Divine Plan. His work has been published in Writing Short Scripts, American Thinker, The Catholic Thing, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Patheos, and Merion West.