Speaking Directly is an essay-film making for a kind of State of the Nation address, from the perspective of someone other than the President of the United States, circa 1972-4. This film addresses both the political and cultural situation of the US at the height of the Viet Nam war, Watergate and its aftermath, and likewise addresses the personal life, in this context, of the ...
影片灵感来源于加里·吉尔莫(Gary Gilmore)案,美国独立电影先驱,与《神火》《阁下的安乐窝》并称为“汤姆·布莱尔三部曲”(以片中主演的名字命名)