简介：SpeakingDirectlyisanessay-filmmakingforakindofStateoftheNationaddress,fromtheperspectiveofsomeoneotherthanthePresidentoftheUnitedStates,circa1972-4.ThisfilmaddressesboththepoliticalandculturalsituationoftheUSattheheightoftheVietNamwar,Watergateanditsaftermath,andlikewiseaddressesthepersonallife,inthiscontext,ofthefilmmaker,atthattimethirtyyearsofage,recentlyoutoftwoplusyearsinfederalprisonforrefusaltoacceptmilitaryservice. Jon-Jost.com…