The Candidate

Is The Candidate, in fact, the anti-West Wing? A political story that ends not with a bang, but with a question of existential dread.

• Interview with screenwriter Jeremy Larner in Brooklyn Magazine (bkmag.com/2016/07/19/the-candidate-interview)

• The trailer for Downhill Racer (1969) (youtube.com/watch?v=Cz1oJjtPLFQ)

• Jerry Seinfeld on Letterman: "You're rooting for clothes." (youtube.com/watch?v=gzfDTaGc5EU)

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