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I just watched it. It's a pretty corny movie, and basically the typical anti-nuclear movie of the era, but it's worth the watch given the current environment.
It focuses more on the metamorphosis of middle eastern politics around the time (oil price shocks, Arab/Israeli relations, etc.) so is actually kind of timeless in a way, kek.
Some spoopy bits in it like using the CIA to spy on presidential candidates, (but then I kind of get the impression they're saying there's nothing at all new in that) and the illusion of actual competition for the job. Lots of keywords.
It has a real dig at the MSM's obsession with sound bites and checkbook journalism, but also the growing co-dependence of public figures and the news organizations. It's still very much in the independent media era though.
It covers false flags, the CIA as the state, global politics etc. but I wouldn't call it prophetic, just a logical extrapolation of where things were heading at the time, but missing the mark with who some of the players would be.
It's nice to see early 80's Manhattan, including the towers which feature at the end of the movie.
I'd give it stars out of ten for sure.