Part of the movie shows the neocon plan to "free" (for development) all that gov't controlled land that's just going to "waste" now.
http://www.offoffoff.com/film/2004/silvercity.php"...worthwhile for its dead-on hilarious jibes at the current president..."
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"Silver City" the movie is about a lot of things, but they all tie in to a deal to turn a perilous old mining site into an idyllic lakeside community. Into this theme, writer-director John Sayles weaves a multicolored skein of threads. The developers will need to swipe someone else's water rights and paper over the obvious environmental impediments if they're to make their lucrative project happen — and that's where Dickie Pilager comes in.
Sayles regular Chris Cooper (his talents only recently discovered by Oscar for his role in "Adaptation") has already collected raves for his performance as the dimwit son of the former governor, now seeking the office himself. Starting with a little head-wiggle that's actually pure Reagan, he gives a flawless impression of the confused start-stop mannerisms of the current President Bush every time he has to answer a question.
What are his priorities? "The environment, the whole environmental ... arena ... that's a priority. The roads, you got to keep your infrastructure ... in place ... where it's supposed to be ... That's a priority." So what isn't a priority? "What's not a priority is those matters which ... If you're going to have a front burner, it's like cooking, then you got to have a back one, and that's where you keep your other ... priorities." All this is really just comic relief within a bigger story, but as a satirical dart aimed at our extemporizer-in-chief, it's a bull's-eye."
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