The truth carries a very high price.
Alan J. Pakula’s legendary 1970s conspiracy thriller The Parallax View captivated the anti-war zeitgeist in the wake of Watergate. The film is one of the great journalistic films and asks us what we would be prepared to sacrifice in the name of the truth. The film charts the journey of a talented but washed-up journalist Joseph Frady, played by the inimitable Warren Beatty.
The film shows the inherent dangers of pursuing the truth. At the beginning of the film, the police try to arrest Frady for his reporting. From the get-go, The Parallax View makes the case that the search for justice can put you at odds with authority, as well as social and state-run institutions. Frady's near-arrest shows the risk of him losing his freedom of movement and speech.
Frady’s actions illustrate great determination, to tell the truth, and show his courage and strength to stand up for justice, even when it poses a multitude of negative outcomes for himself. He demonstrates a kind of evolutionary resilience because, beyond his obvious flaws, Frady is able to keep himself in search of the truth. Frady needs truth like a fish needs water and people need air.
Frady goes to the Parallax office to see Younger but is told he isn’t there. As he’s leaving, Frady sees Younger and follows him to a rally rehearsal for Senator George Hammond. It becomes clear to Frady that Parallax operatives plan on killing Hammond. After a sniper shoots Hammond dead, Frady gets caught and killed by Parallax operatives.
All the President’s Men, based on the true story of the Washington Post’s investigation of the Watergate scandal and cover-up, is a totemic text of the ‘70s, as it shows that people at the highest levels of authority are capable of the lowest crimes. For as shrewd as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are as journalists, they are minimal forces against the power and influence of the White House, as well as the extreme paranoia of Richard Nixon.
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