At the Toronto International Film Festival, a fictional drama about Donald Trump raises questions of truth and the film's necessity amid the presidential election.
TORONTO — Donald Trump trying to put a gag order on incendiary stories about him isn’t exactly breaking news. The former president and the truth have never been allies.
“We are creative people first and are telling a fictional story. That really is the lane that we have tried to stay in and amplify,” producer Amy Baer said. “We really want people to see the movie as a work of art and a work of fiction and make them think.” “They said to me, ‘We would love to do this film, but if Trump wins, if the studio gets sold — they’ll come after us.’ Or they would say, ‘We don’t want 85 million consumers to hate us.’”
“The Apprentice” is a fascinating portrait of the kind of deeply entitled white man born into a powerful and rich family in New York we still see today, whose encounter with a similarly powerful figure at a seedy bar one night shapes him into an even more volatile person.The movie argues that, in fact, figures like Trump are made and not born.
Each of the actors in “The Apprentice,” which noticeably borrows its title from Trump’s canceled reality competition series of the earlier aughts, does a solid job supporting the overarching thesis of the film. But it leaves a lingering question.The answer isn’t clear, particularly when you think about the monthslong hoopla around the film, the reported pushback from studios, and even its convenient release date on Oct.
Given that, who knows how people might respond to the mere image of Trump in “The Apprentice.” So far, the team behind the movie has been very vocal about the many obstacles the film navigated to come to fruition. That, in itself, might pique some viewer interest, but far fewer peopleThank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
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