Did Hollywood's Antiheroes Pave the Way for Trump? A Film Historian Makes the Case
David Thomson, the acclaimed British film historian and author of over 40 books, has a provocative new thesis: the antiheroes we've celebrated on screen for decades helped create the conditions for Donald Trump's presidency. In his latest work, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies, Thomson argues that the glorification of figures like The Godfather's Corleones and Breaking Bad's Walter White has shaped our cultural psyche in ways we're only beginning to understand.
Why a Film Critic Is Pointing Fingers at the Screen
Thomson, now 85, has spent a lifetime studying how movies influence us. He's not just a critic; he's a cultural historian