Watching or Reading things in different ways

On my flight home from Paris the plane had an individual screen for each seat. I've seen that before. In this case, the person in the seat could choose their movie, television show, or video game (a couple of other options were available). The choices were limited and eclectic. I think 18 movies were available. But I found two viewable options, and my wife, three.

The new movies that were available were not appealing to me, and I had seen most of the old. One of which is an all-time favorite of mine -- All the President's Men.

Watergate has always been an obsession of mine. It is one of my earliest memories of events that took place outside of the reach of my immediate family. It seemed like Nixon was on television every day and night, inevitably interrupting my cartoons. For some reason I felt a lasting connection with these events. I didn't understand the issues at the time, but my appetite for politics, in general, and watergate, in particular, was whet at a young age.

I have read All the President's Men numerous times, revisiting it two years ago. I have probably seen the movie at least ten times. I made it one more on my flight.

I watched it in a different way. I tried to focus on it as a research project. I want to understand how the movie differs from the true events and delve deeper into the process that surrounded Watergate.

I'm going to try and pursue this, seeing if I can put together some kind of resource that I will continually update as I research this further. In a sense I am looking at how new tools can be used to house and further this information as an education resource. I always try and choose something that is interests me in doing this. It makes the task so much less painful.