How to win an election
Revisiting Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s fast-paced classic of political cinéma vérité. The War Room, by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker. A classic in American cinéma vérité, this behind-the-scenes portrait of the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign centers not on the candidate himself but on his team, particularly campaign strategist James Carville and communications director George Stephanopoulos. The film “ captured both a transformation in the way campaigns are managed ” and in how documentaries were made, Louis Menand wrote for the Criterion Collection. “But you don’t think of that while you’re watching, because it’s such a hugely satisfying piece of filmmaking. You feel that you are there.” Watch a trailer for The War Room, and find out where to stream it where you are.
Revisiting Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s fast-paced classic of political cinéma vérité. The War Room, by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker.
A classic in American cinéma vérité, this behind-the-scenes portrait of the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign centers not on the candidate himself but on his team, particularly campaign strategist James Carville and communications director George Stephanopoulos. The film “ captured both a transformation in the way campaigns are managed ” and in how documentaries were made, Louis Menand wrote for the Criterion Collection. “But you don’t think of that while you’re watching, because it’s such a hugely satisfying piece of filmmaking. You feel that you are there.” Watch a trailer for The War Room, and find out where to stream it where you are.