#All the President's Men

[telephonicsonnyboy]

Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward but in the style of Peanuts. Yeah. Idk why I drew this either.

#all the president's men #(my pfp on instagram is a cropped version of this and my friends don’t know it’s watergate fanart)

[theparallaxview]

Ways to contact me if tumblr goes down:

Move the flower pot with the red flag to the rear of the balcony and I will meet you at about 2:00 A.M. in a pre-designated underground parking garage.

#all the president's men #whistleblowercore #original content #100

[ughhhdavid]

"Probably Dustin Hoffman"

No bc

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #trent crimm #dustin hoffman #all the president's men #James lance #Ted lasso season 3 #S3e4 #Big week

[sesiondemadrugada]

All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976).

#All the President's Men #alan j. pakula #gordon willis #robert redford #hal holbrook

[citizenscreen]

Alan J. Pakula‘s ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN hit theaters across the U.S. and Canada on April 9, 1976.

#robert redford #dustin hoffman #all the president's men #1970s

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Robert Redford #Dustin Hoffman #Alan Pakula #All the President's Men #1976 #Washington DC

[itcanbefilmed]

All The President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)

#all the president's men #robert redford #dustin hoffman #alan j. pakula #gordon willis

[silentagecinema]

all the president's men (1976) directed by alan j. pakula

"You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I'm going to get mad. Goodnight."

#all the president's men #70s cinema #1970s movies #70s movies #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema #old cinema #movie aesthetic #movie screencaps

[deadpresidents]

What is your favorite book about Nixon and/or Watergate?

Oh man, that's a tough one because there are so many great books about Watergate, as well as excellent biographies about Nixon.

This answer would be ridiculously long and I'd be including scores of books if I try to suggest more than one. So I'm just going to go with the second of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's two classic books about Watergate, The Final Days (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO). That's one of those books that is just jaw-dropping when it comes to the details of Nixon's last couple of weeks in office. All the President's Men (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) is also great, of course, and it's the more important book and the one that was turned into a legendary film. But The Final Days is such a stunning read the first time you pick it up that I've always thought it was the more interesting of the two books.

#History #Presidents #Watergate #Richard Nixon #President Nixon #Books #Books About Presidents #The Final Days #All the President's Men #Bob Woodward #Carl Bernstein

[pomegran-art]

Woodward’s Apartment — All The President’s Men

#dear blog. sorry I haven’t posted lately. #strangely enough watergate is pulling me out of my slump. #MY FAVORITE MOVIIEEEEEEE #art #all the president's men #robert redford

[telephonicsonnyboy]

Bernstein & Bernstein, Woodward & Woodward

(Dustin Hoffman, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and Robert Redford at the premiere of All The President’s Men, 1976)

#all the president's men #dustin hoffman #robert redford

[frenchnewwaves]

robert redford

#robert redford #all the president's men #butch cassidy and the sundance kids #barefoot in the park #old films #old cinema #old hollywood #old movies #70s #70s film #70s aesthetic #70s fashion #70s icons #70s cinema #60s #60s film #60s icons #60s movies #indecent proposal #60s aesthetic #jane fonda #jane fonda and robert redford #dustin hoffman #robert redford film #actors icons #the sting 1973 #three days of the condor #60s cinema #cinematography #frenchnewwaves

[aesthetic-odie]

I want to compare these two shots from All the President's Men.

The first is when Nixon accepts the nomination as the GOP's presidential candidate in 1972. Nixon is riding high, having stopped the Government Accountability Office from releasing a report on his possible campaign finance violations earlier that day and easily winning renomination. He looms large over the Washington Post, and that's visually evident by the TV taking up as much vertical space as it can. The camera is at the same level as the TV, so that it seems we're looking right at Nixon.

Of course, the Nixon also takes up a large amount of the frame in general. About 75% of the width of the shot is just the TV, with Woodward and the Post offices being just 25%. An afterthought. You can tell who has the power between the two. What possible hope could the Post have of taking on the juggernaut of Nixon and the GOP?

Though don't be entirely fooled. Notice how Nixon and Woodward are both in focus. The camera doesn't change from one to the other; it highlights them both at the same time, positioning them as equals in importance, even if not in power. Nixon may be much larger, but Woodward is the one actually in the building, doing the work. Nixon is on the TV, where his actions have been recorded. They're already set in stone. It's up to Woodward, the active force in this story, to uncover them.

Now, let's look at the second picture. This is during Nixon's second inauguration, and is one of the final shots of the movie. In fact, it's the last one of any people, as the rest of the movie is newspaper headlines and credits. Here, the TV occupies the same position as before, but it is much smaller. It doesn't take up all the vertical space. The camera is angled such that we're looking slightly down upon the TV, viewing it as just that - a TV playing a broadcast, not a specter of power.

The TV takes up about 40% of the width of the frame, leaving 60% to the reporters and the office. Woodward and Bernstein are themselves each only slightly larger than Woodward was in the first shot, but if you drew a rectangle around the two of them, it would be almost exactly the same size as the TV to their left. And just like before, the reporters and Nixon are both in focus at the same time. They are equal in power (size) and importance (focus).

Working together, Woodward and Bernstein can rival the presidency.

#all the president's men #watergate #odie's rambles

[sesiondemadrugada]

All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976).

#All the President's Men #alan j. pakula #gordon willis #Robert L. Wolfe

[citizenscreen]

Alan J. Pakula’s ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN hit theaters across the U.S. on April 9, 1976

#all the president's men #robert redford #dustin hoffman

[gotankgo]

All the President's Men (1976)

directed by Alan J. Pakula

#all the president's men #alan j. pakula #robert redford #dustin hoffman