A candid conversation with writer J. Hoberman about his new book on Reagan-era movies, Spielberg, politics, nostalgia and more
You’ve mentioned getting shit from the political writers for writing about Reagan back in the 1980s.
He ran on a platform of going against student protestors! Nixon picked up that stance from Reagan, really. But as governor, he as forced to compromise with the Democrats, and was not really as extreme as he might have been. Then, when he decided to run for President, he began to stake out the far-right terrain. But once he was in office, and I think the assassination attempt had a lot to do with this, a lot of the public saw him as a lovable, witty guy. People liked him.
In some ways it did and it some ways it didn’t. I did a couple of days of research in the library, which is a crazy place. It’s kind of like a theme park.Yeah! It’s on a hilltop overlooking Simi Valley. It’s just wild. He’s buried there. And I was never going to get anywhere near any smoking guns, if there are any left. That’s not what Presidential libraries are for. They are there to protect the legacies of Presidents, not shed light on them.
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