In his last film, avant-garde filmmaker Emile De Antonio discussed filmmaking with his friend, musician John Cage, but chiefly explored the myth and reality of the former Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. During his lifetime, Hoover was idolized as a paragon of decency and someone who unfailingly upheld quintessential American values. After his death, the story that was revealed was considerably darker and more complex. In Mr. Hoover and I, De Antonio had a lot of harsh things to say about the man and the federal agency he led, and used as examples his huge (and often silly) FBI files, released under the Freedom Of Information Act.
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