Frost/Nixon

I went to the theater with my colleague to watch “Frost/Nixon” in Shinjuku.

My friend recommended me to see that movie.

It was so nice even though I didn’t know the importance of the Frost/Nixon interview.

I’ll write about some parts of that movie, so if you have not seen it, and want to watch it from now, please don’t read this article.

I think the most important thing in this movie is character’s emotional struggles.

Both Frost, an interviewer, and Nixon, the President had the same mental problem.

At first, I thought, this movie was a complex political movie, but soon I noticed it was an interesting human drama.

Frost wanted to have a acclaim especially in America even though he was already famous in the UK and Australia.

So he tried to interview President Nixon who had committed a huge crime.

When Frost saw Nixon on TV by accident, he noticed Nixon’s complex expression.

At that time, Nixon did not admit to his crime, but Frost thought, if he could get a confession out of him, he would get both wealth and honor.

But he was a mere TV host, so nobody thought he could succeed.

On the contrary to everyone’s expectation, at last Frost could succeed in getting a confession out of him.

Why was Frost able to do it?

I think the key point was the same emotional complex that both Frost and Nixon had.

They didn’t trust other people, and were never satisfied with anything.

They were both very greedy and lonely.

So Frost could notice the loneliness and guilt Nixon was feeling.

The process of their two lonely hearts that became close to each other was very interesting.

I really like this type of movie.

Next time, I’ll watch “Slumdog Millionaire”.