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Feature: Critics discuss the best election movies

How have generations of artists depicted politics on the big screen? Larry and LAist film critics Andy Klein and Christy Lemire talk about their favorite election-related movies.

Under hypnosis Raymond Shaw, played by Laurence Harvey strangles a comrade at the instruction of the man at the table.
Under hypnosis a Brainwashed Harvey, playing Raymond Shaw, strangles a comrade at the instruction of the man at the table. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Feature: Critics discuss best election movies

The upcoming general election has of course been on many peoples’ minds, and what better way to work through the angst than by viewing how generations of artists have tried depicting politics on the big screen? Since early September, Turner Classic Movies has been airing some of the most political films to be released, with some examples being The Great Dictator and JFK. So for today’s feature, Larry and LAist film critics Andy Klein and Christy Lemire talk about their favorite election-related movies, getting into what makes them so topical and worth looking back at following their initial release.

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