If you've yet to see George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck, I would say that you should see it. I'm not certain if the theatre ambience will make a difference, but it certainly didn't hurt my experience. The film's black and white style added to the mood and the acting was superb, especially by David Strathairn who played Edward R. Murrow. I enjoyed the movie immensely, though some may find the subject matter a bit dated and outside their standard sphere.
Broadcast personalities don't speak like they did back then, and I find that a bit disappointing after some reflection. The language used was intelligent and it never seemed to assume that it would be above the heads of the the viewers. I wish more television was like that, especially on the big broadcast networks.
The movie made me wonder if people living in places like Canada, and I guess the United States, are citizens so much as they are civilians -- to use Heinlein's words. I wonder if people today know about their country and their civic responsibilities beyond paying taxes and not breaking the law. I'm not certain that these are questions that I can answer quickly, or at all, but I'm imagining a world of people following the advice of so-called 'experts' either because they're not interested enough to make an effort or they're not confident enough to assume that, with some time and effort, they could answer their questions by themselves.
"I don't know, can you tell me the answer?"
How many people say that often when it comes to public issues? Too many, I worry.
A superior movie, in any event... And though I don't do it myself, I found it both intriguing and entertaining that nearly everyone smoked -- both on air and off air.
Broadcast personalities don't speak like they did back then, and I find that a bit disappointing after some reflection. The language used was intelligent and it never seemed to assume that it would be above the heads of the the viewers. I wish more television was like that, especially on the big broadcast networks.
The movie made me wonder if people living in places like Canada, and I guess the United States, are citizens so much as they are civilians -- to use Heinlein's words. I wonder if people today know about their country and their civic responsibilities beyond paying taxes and not breaking the law. I'm not certain that these are questions that I can answer quickly, or at all, but I'm imagining a world of people following the advice of so-called 'experts' either because they're not interested enough to make an effort or they're not confident enough to assume that, with some time and effort, they could answer their questions by themselves.
"I don't know, can you tell me the answer?"
How many people say that often when it comes to public issues? Too many, I worry.
A superior movie, in any event... And though I don't do it myself, I found it both intriguing and entertaining that nearly everyone smoked -- both on air and off air.