I like the way there’s that chapter exposing Nixon in Irving’s book, and that footage of Nixon praising Bush in Hallstrom’s film.

I also saw this, sort of unintentionally, the day after re-watching Stone’s Nixon. So the mix of footage in Hoax really appealed to me too.

I really liked The Aviator, but oddly, I didn’t know Hughes was so attractive (minus the mustache) until I saw the images in this film . . . The Aviator would have been a good movie, even if it was totally fictional and there was no real Hughes. This film maybe needed it’s historical referents a bit more – both Hughes and Irving.

But the Dick Suskind character steals the show. He’s not a coward and a sap, as they called him in TNY. He’s just a guy.