❯Writer-director Adam McKay on
the McKey moments from his
Dick Cheney takedown00:00:36
STATEMENT OF INTENT __ If you thought
Adam McKay’s Vice, a biopic of former US Vice
President Dick Cheney, would be “traditional,
by-the-numbers [and] dusty”, that’s ruled out with
the opening disclaimer, which declares Cheney is
a shadowy figure, “but we did our fucking best”.
“I wanted to show that this is an unusual story,”
says McKay. “There were areas of Cheney’s life
where we had to go, ‘We don’t know this part!’”THE
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