Hollywood is awash with speculation, spin and yes, self importance but this year, with donald trump in the white house and america deeply divided, real life has thrown up a melodrama which makes the movies look tame. My guest today isjohn madden, and oscar winning director whose latest film is set in the murky world of washington politics. But is hollywood doing justice to the times were living in . John madden, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets start by discussing the process of making your most recent movie. Its called miss sloane. But perhaps the most striking thing about it is that you were working in washington, making a film about the underbelly of washington politics at the very time america was experiencing a political earthquake. How disconcerting was that . Well, you know, it was really like, i suppose if i use a movie metaphor, its two trains kind of colliding. But we had no idea this other train was on the track. Im sure im explaining the obvious here but obviously when
Hollywood is awash with speculation, spin and yes, self importance but this year, with donald trump in the white house and america deeply divided, real life has thrown up a melodrama which makes the movies look tame. My guest today isjohn madden, and oscar winning director whose latest film is set in the murky world of washington politics. But is hollywood doing justice to the times were living in . John madden, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets start by discussing the process of making your most recent movie. Its called miss sloane. But perhaps the most striking thing about it is that you were working in washington, making a film about the underbelly of washington politics at the very time america was experiencing a political earthquake. How disconcerting was that . Well, you know, it was really like, i suppose if i use a movie metaphor, its two trains kind of colliding. But we had no idea this other train was on the track. Im sure im explaining the obvious here but obviously when
Alternative facts that are not fa cts. Alternative facts that are not facts. I interviewed earlier a political scientist in washington who said it is not a short step from this to suppression of the media in america. This is extremist language iiow. America. This is extremist language now. I saw the interview and i was interested. He said donald trump had affinities with president erdogan in turkey and egypt. It might be an extreme comparison, and. Turkey has more journalists locked up than any other nation in the world per capita. Somebody so keen to exclude people who disagree with him, he is pernicious. We can still reporters journalists and the bbc who has been excluded will continue to report what is going on and maybe rather than focusing on the briefing, you report on what is happening the substance of it, and that way you can hold people to account and so unless he goes down the road of those People Who Lock people up, it isa those People Who Lock people up, it is a long way fr
Alternative facts that are not fa cts. Alternative facts that are not facts. I interviewed earlier a political scientist in washington who said it is not a short step from this to suppression of the media in america. This is extremist language iiow. America. This is extremist language now. I saw the interview and i was interested. He said donald trump had affinities with president erdogan in turkey and egypt. It might be an extreme comparison, and. Turkey has more journalists locked up than any other nation in the world per capita. Somebody so keen to exclude people who disagree with him, he is pernicious. We can still reporters journalists and the bbc who has been excluded will continue to report what is going on and maybe rather than focusing on the briefing, you report on what is happening the substance of it, and that way you can hold people to account and so unless he goes down the road of those People Who Lock people up, it isa those People Who Lock people up, it is a long way fr
Many of those Making Assertions On The remain side were relying on people meekly submitting to authority as though we were still operating in the pre Reformation Catholic Church rather than making proper arguments. Well speak to those who think mr gove was putting his finger on something. And, of course, the oscars. Im sorry. No. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you won best picture. No, not that, this. The oscar winner for best documentary is about the civilian Rescue Workers in syria. Well speak to one of the White Helmets. Hello. Good evening. For the First Time Since the uk voted to leave the European Union, former Prime Minister, john major, has spoken out of his fears for this countrys future. He warned of a real risk that government would not achieve all that it had promised from brexit. He said a comprehensive deal was unlikely by 2019 and that a failure to deliver would result in further distrust between politicians and the public. He launched an Excoriating Attack on the cheerlea