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Sep 17, 2004 · John Sayles' "Silver City" can be read as social satire aimed at George W. Bush -- certainly the film's hero mirrors the Bush quasi-speaking style -- but it takes wider aim on the entire political landscape we inhabit.
Sep 21, 2004 · Independent filmmaker John Sayles' latest picture, about an election campaign in a Midwestern state, is called Silver City. NPR's Bob Mondello says it's a political lampoon in which...
- Bob Mondello
Sep 17, 2004 · Writer-director John Sayles's quasi-political satire is meant to be deceptively lighthearted and rich in moral dimension.
- Desson Thomson
Silver City is a 2004 American political satire comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles. Chris Cooper portrays an inept Republican gubernatorial candidate, a character that was noted for similarities to U.S. President George W. Bush.
Sep 20, 2004 · Independent filmmaker John Sayles' latest picture, about an election campaign in a Midwestern state, is called Silver City. NPR's Bob Mondello says it's a political lampoon in which...
- Bob Mondello
Jul 6, 2005 · Scattergun rants abound in American movies (ask Michael Moore), but pensive political satire is less common. John Sayles is supremely astute at picking at flabby, corrupt systems.
At its center is a limp political satire, one almost shockingly insipid and unenlightening while taking easy, none-too-subtle potshots at President George W. Bush.
