Henry Fonda for President

An actor's face, what it projects, and what we project back into it. Not so much about Fonda as a person or even, at times, his craft, but about the driving forces around him and, by extension, the relationship of American ideology to the Hollywood machinery during the…

Filipe Furtado

Firstly, I hope New Yorkers will go see this film while it plays at Anthology through the 9th. It really is a gift to be able to sit for three hours and to be given the space to think about how the films of this time period were a deeply felt part of life, how they shaped…

gina telaroli

U can just watch anything on christmas. They don’t want u to know this.

Sam B.

Fonda’s image as a prism refracting a secret history of the United States. This film made me realize how much I love him as an actor (for whatever reason, it wasn't that clear for me). Fonda both embodies and interrogates a series of American ideals, he is a figure through…

Diogo Serafim

Le Cinéma Club streaming this is my Super Bowl

Alex Lei

"Do you like yourself more now than you have in the past, or..." "No. I don't feel like I have good answers for anything." Very striking documentary, interesting in numerous ways if you're not a big Henry Fonda fan, but if you ARE a Fonda fan (and I'd consider myself to…

Jay D 's Watching

"The subject discloses an objective work to the public. What is subjective about this, the working process for instance, is of no concern to the public. However, if this work is not merely academic, but rather the result of a life lived and suffered, then it will also…

Nikhil

Feels almost as if a documentary of this sort perfectly encompasses what has always allowed Henry Fonda to remain such a distinctive icon of the screen for so long by involving much of his life into the art. It also results in something much more contemplative at that,…

Jaime Rebanal 🇵🇸

Goondardian apotheosis. Reminded me of certain letterboxd/xitter cinenecrophiles and their very bad clichés, their minds which simulate activity but show no actual signs of movement. Fake thought, fake criticism, fake movie. (Lots of great Fonda clips, though—in between…

matthew l.