But aside from driving the public discourse into the depthsof ideological madness, Israel's embrace of fantasy has made it impossible for us to conduct a sober-minded discussion of our only real options.
"The Aviator" bites off only a slice of Hughes's story, choosing to avoid his unsavory sex life and crackpot politics, and ending before his move to Las Vegas, where he descended into the depthsof solitary madness.