https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/idiocracy-2016-20-movies-that-predicted-trumps-rise-251803/citizen-kane-1941-2-251946/
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/movies-define-trump-era-1201977873/
https://www.rogerebert.com/features/four-films-that-explain-the-rise-of-donald-trump
In his Colorado Springs speech, Trump waxed nostalgic about the films of Hollywood’s golden age, which he presumably regards as inherently more Oscar-worthy than “Parasite.” “Let’s get ‘Gone With the Wind’ back, please? ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ ” he said. “So many great movies.”
In fact, before following his father into real estate, Trump at one point harbored dreams of being a studio mogul not unlike the ones who had made those movies. After graduating from New York Military Academy in 1964, Trump briefly considered attending USC’s film school.
Over the years, Trump — who has made cameos as himself in numerous films such as “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” “Zoolander” and Woody Allen’s “Celebrity” — has expressed his admiration for an eclectic range of films.
He has heralded tough-guy movies like “Rambo” and “Death Wish,” singling out the president-as-action-hero Harrison Ford film “Air Force One” as a particular favorite. He has spotlighted films starring Jon Voight, an outspoken supporter, like “Midnight Cowboy” and “Deliverance.” And he has shown a particular, if unsurprising, fondness for movies that showcase his real estate properties, saying in a 2012 video review of “The Dark Knight Rises,” “The movie is really worthwhile seeing — and most importantly Trump Tower, my building, plays a role.”
Asked by Movieline in 2012 to list his five favorite films of all time, Trump named Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane,” the Sergio Leone spaghetti western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “Gone With the Wind” and two gangster movies, “GoodFellas” and “The Godfather” — a fairly conventional list, albeit one with a noticeable tilt toward violence and retribution. (Traits he may even appreciate in “Parasite,” should he ever watch it.)
In a 2002 interview with documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, Trump elaborated on his love for “Citizen Kane” and reflected on what could be learned from Welles’ portrait of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane. “ ‘Citizen Kane’ was really about accumulation,” Trump said. “At the end of the accumulation, you see what happens, and it’s not necessarily all positive.”
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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-21/president-trump-favorite-movies-parasite-oscar