Presidents and assassinations

Although Scorsese was a class apart in Taxi Driver, Sean Penn, I hesitantly admit, beats Robert de Niro in The Assassination of Richard Nixon. The comparisons are inevitable, and it's difficult to be fair; however Penn is Bicke in the truest possible portrayal of being that pathetic, that desperate, that doomed somebody's "is". Undoubtedly Penn's best performance ever. Pure angst. Heavy see.