Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- Certain scenes, like Bernstein interviewing an assistant, did not actually happen. Why did the filmmakers take dramatic liberty with certain scenes? Does it enhance the story, or does it detract from the truth? How much does "truth" matter in non-fiction films?
- How do Woodward and Bernstein complement each other? ("Complement" means how do they work well together, not "compliment" which means, "Nice hair today, Carl.")
- How is journalism today different from the journalism portrayed in the movie?
- How do more recent political scandals compare to the Watergate scandal?
- Why does the movie end where it does? Why does it show us Nixon's resignation in a footnote?
- This film is part of Alan J. Pakula's unofficial "Paranoia trilogy" including Klute and The Parallax View. What do these films have in common? How are they paranoid?