Why did Mitch want to save Frank?
I mean it didn't benefit him in anyway. If he just let Frank die, he would be able to kill the president without any interference. I don't get why he wanted to save Frank.
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Yeah and... if he wasn't constantly calling Frank on the phone, taunting him, and dropping hints about himself throughout the movie (including WHERE the assassination would takes place) then he would be able to kill the pres. "without any interference" as you say.
But Mitch didn't want to simply commit an assassination without interference. He wanted to play a psychological game and to go up against an equal opponent. Think back to the phone call in first act of the movie...
MITCH: "Trying to trace me Frank?"
FRANK: "Now why didn't I think of that?"
MITCH: "You did. Or are you not the adversary I had hoped for?"
Why did he want an adversary?
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The short answer is that Mitch Leary's character is insane or mentally unbalanced.
The long answer is that he sees his assassination plot as a "game" of sorts and he wants to be challenged by an equal player in this "game". Leary has no political motivations whatsoever. Consider Leary's own words on the subject...
Mitch Leary: There's no cause left worth fighting for, Frank. All we have is the game. I'm on offense, you're on defense.
Mitch Leary: It's random and it's meaningless.
Frank Horrigan: Well, if none of this means anything... why kill the President?
Mitch Leary: To punctuate the dreariness.
You have a point. Also do you think that Frank did the right thing that he didn't allow Al to resign?
shareBecause it makes it more enjoyable and worthy for him, going against the guy who was head of Kennedy's security detail. He wants to be rememered for what he's planning to do.
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