I don’t remember the precise wording, but “Vice,” directed by Adam McKay, begins with a disclaimer to the effect that making the film was very difficult because Dick Cheney is one of the more private or reticent public figures in US history. Well, actually, I remember the line that comes after that caveat: “But we did our fucking best.” It is one of many gimmicks that McKay—who also directed The Big Short—throws at the audience to reassure them that he is not taking their attention span for granted. McKay famously cut his teeth on a very broad—but exquisitely bumptious—form of Read more