American Dharma (2018)

American Dharma: Directed by Errol Morris. With Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Errol Morris. A portrait of controversial political strategist and former Donald Trump advisor, Steve Bannon.

“An exquisitely made documentary, in which Errol Morris gives Steve Bannon just enough rope to hang himself. No doubt many would prefer to see Bannon more thoroughly and decisively skewered (which wouldnu0026#39;t be hard), but Bannon is smart enough not to participate with any documentarian who would do that. Instead, Bannon engages with Morris and collaborates all-too-willingly with his conceit of drawing parallels between Bannonu0026#39;s political machinations and his favourite Hollywood classics. The approach neatly underscores Bannonu0026#39;s essential narcissism, while giving him a framework within which he can both expound his political views and reveal himself, both proudly and inadvertently. As the consequences of this current wave of populism – and, more specifically, Trumpism – continue to unfold and blight the world, American Dharma is likely to become an increasingly important document of one of the movementu0026#39;s most important architects. With Trump now defeated (at least electorally) Morris probably needs to re-visit Bannon for his more unvarnished views on the presidency he engineered. Maybe they could call it Dharma and Dumber.”