Media counter-drive under high pressure

Domenica 2021-12-12 08:01:16

As someone who is somewhat connected with the media, it is very sad to see such a movie. Thought of many events in XX Weekly.

About Clooney and Black and White, the bean friends upstairs have said enough. Basically totally agree. This is a serious movie that returns to the traditional classic style.
I am also very good about his acting skills here. His performances in "Sinari" and here are estimated to have gained a little weight and left the so-called handsome far enough. Handsome and beautiful is such a cumbersome label.

I like the sonorous tone and calm rhythm in this movie, the lethality is tightened in every murderous eyes, in the silence every time it is broadcast. Together with the documentary-style scene of the court confrontation, I also appreciate that there is no artificial impression of reality.
It's just a stand-up show with a cigarette time, but the movie tells us how heavy the workload behind it and the high pressure of the censorship system are. In contrast, the cigarette from igniting to extinguishing can only make people breathless. , Dare not show his expression easily. As the challenged party, McCarthy has never appeared in the camera, but he is everywhere. This is an effective stage built by the director, screenwriter and performance.
David Strathairn's performance is quite concise and constrained, enough to make people praised. These chants are worth "reading". They are not used to explain the plot or satisfy the audience. They are eloquent, determined and resolute. They speak calmly and clearly. Then, when I wish you good night and good luck, let a bit of weight be so heavy. The breathless sadness came to the camera, with a seemingly inattentive, hurried look. These utterances are sharp and good articles on paper, especially the quotation of Shakespeare and the humor of scholars and reporters. The media needs wisdom, bravery, persistence, humor, and composure. . . What a good quality, focusing on the character of CBS host Murrow, based on a sharp enough focus, and cleverly avoided general criticism.
This is the kind of media person who has a deep mortal heart and knows how to make full use of the right of personal focus. This is a soul example that has always been missing. And Clooney steadily stepped on Murrow's achievements, and it was also a witty and confident solo show.
He didn't seem to have smiled in this movie, of course, the smile when facing a boring audience interview show is not counted. We will see that when all other channels happily talk about the beauty of cigarettes without any worries, the challenge that Murrow takes on the initiative is a desperate move. And he is not alone. In the media, all charismatic, just and courageous provocations cannot be a single hero. The whole team is silently supporting, you can see their tension, waiting after the show, honest compromise and retreat in the face of pressure. I really like what Murrow said during the meeting. If the pressure has reached our room, it should be resisted even more. You see how people in the media should face honest anger. And the reporter who committed suicide, the nervous senior. The film does not give harsh and stupid evaluations at the same time, it just silently repressive performance, all the pressure of murder is attached to the ordinary kitchen, ordinary cigarettes, ordinary handshake, without blood loss, but also ruthless enough.

In A Nation Terrorized By Its Own Government, One Man Dared to Tell The Truth.


Such a movie is not entertaining at all. But it is definitely not a boring national tutorial. Although the ubiquitous sense of pressure appears in the mask of a "historical film", we seem to be more of a solid and sharp sense of reality.

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Extended Reading
  • Vanessa 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    Great film, the black and white effect is well done. George Clooney has been quite successful as an actor-turned-director. Although the Hollywood-style heroism and idealism are still permeated in the movie, the overall tone is quite well grasped. The biggest challenge in black and white is the use of light, and Clooney has impressed me again

  • Mavis 2022-04-24 07:01:07

    This is an excellent film full of passion, thought, truth, and nostalgia!

Good Night, and Good Luck. quotes

  • Title Card: Throughout the 1940s and 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism. Senator Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred "card-carrying" communists had infiltrated the United States Government. Few in the press were willing to stand up against McCarthy for fear thaqt they too would be targeted.

  • Edward R. Murrow: [giving a speech to the Radio-Television News Directors Association] I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will take its revenge, and retribution will not limp in catching up with us.