It'll be politics as (un)usual at the South by Southwest film festival, where the focus in President Bush's home state will be on the very forces that elevated him from the governor's mansion to the White House.
The festival, which begins Friday in Austin, Texas, and runs through March 20, features several political discussions and documentaries, most notably "Bush's Brain," about presidential adviser Karl Rove.
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Hence the presence of "Bush's Brain," making its world premiere Saturday night. The documentary is based on the 2003 book of the same name by veteran Texas journalists Wayne Slater and Jim Moore, which depicts Rove as the most powerful political consultant in American history and, in essence, a co-president.
"I knew the moment I met (Rove) back in the late '70s that he was different," said Moore, a former television correspondent who has covered Bush since his unsuccessful run for Congress in 1978. "He was unbelievably intelligent but he seemed to be different in a way. ... Every time I've been asked to describe Karl, I say there's a darkness in him that other people don't have."
Rove was interviewed for the book but declined repeated requests to take part in the film. He also declined to return calls for comment on the film from The Associated Press.
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Stekler's latest film, "Last Man Standing," also is making its world premiere at South by Southwest. It's a behind-the-scenes look at how a small-town election is indicative of the kind of Texas politics that spawned Bush's career.
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