Film director Alison Klayman told Newsweek that the former Trump chief strategist's ideology was 'disingenuous' and 'irresponsible.'
Partway through The Brink—a new fly-on-the wall documentary about alt-right ideologue Steve Bannon—the movie’s subject jokes, “I’m gonna get so crushed in this film.”
“I’m about one thing, I’m about winning,” Bannon declared at one stage. Bannon’s desire to organize and proselytize for the far-right movement was never in doubt. How effective he was, though, is certainly up for debate. Bannon’s interactions with representatives of various European political parties and politicians, ranging from government representatives in Italy to a fringe right-wing party member from Sweden, suggest a significant—if still small—European network.
Bannon as a GeniusThe director suggested there is “a lot of cynicism in what he's doing, and a lot of emptiness when it comes to what I think this year has really been about—which is trying to wrap his message in this false clothing of economic nationalism.” The theory “is not really about making citizens' lives better,” she said. “I think it's about winning elections by promising you’re going to build walls and keep people out.
Bannon spoke with Klayman about his time visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp while producing a film. The director recalled being “chilled inside” as a seemingly detached Bannon “ambles his way into the banality of evil,” marveling at the efficiency and normalization of the genocide for those who were involved. Praising his subsequent production, Bannon tells Klayman, “My shit in Auschwitz rocked.
The GOP Is BannonIn the U.S., Bannon maintains a solid fan base keen to hear him extol the virtues of his vague nationalist agenda. The Brink shows conservative devotees lining up to shake his hand and have photos taken during his national tour to whip up the MAGA base for the midterm elections. “He was in the White House, but he didn't do anything that stopped tax cuts for the super rich and he is very pro-deregulation.” The director said she hopes observers “can continue to poke holes through this idea that he is a populist or for improving the lives of citizens who are hurting economically, because I think that is not his agenda in real life.”
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