Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's J Edgar. Photo Credit: Keith Bernstein.
Clint Eastwood directs J. Edgar, a biopic revolving around the character J. Edgar Hoover, a very controversial historical figure. Renowned Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the titular role, playing young and old Hoover. Dustin Lance Black, another big name in the Hollywood world, was the screenwriter of this film.
The film starts out with the rise of Hoover’s career as he campaigns against the “communist revolutionaries” and is named head of the Bureau of Investigation. As the movie moves from Hoover becoming the head of the Bureau to fully establishing the bureau’s power, DiCaprio accurately portrays the ambition and single-mindedness of Hoover. The mysterious relationship between Hoover and several other characters were also interestingly illustrated throughout this film. In my opinion, the most interesting of these relationships depicted in the film was between Hoover and his “wingman”, Clyde Tolson. [click to continue….]
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