Good Night, and Good Luck
I just want to add a quick post here in praise of the new George Clooney movie, "Good Night, and Good Luck." Charlotte and I caught it last weekend while down in Santa Barbara and any and all media junkies will want to see GNGL when it eventually opens in San Luis Obispo.
Directed by Clooney and shot completely in black-and-white, GNGL captures the on-going war of words between Edward R. Murrow and Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954. There is an eerie ring to Murrow's speeches and the audience repeatedly applauded him throughout the movie. Forget Michael Moore. GNGL is a scathing indictment of the sewer the national media has become and there are definite parallels between McCarthy and the Bush White House.
David Straithairn gives an amazing performance as Murrow, but equally impressive is the decision to just let McCarthy speak for himself on newsreel footage. George Clooney plays Fred Friendly, who was Murrow's producer and cohort. When I was a college professor, I always made my students read "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control" by Friendly and I still consider it one of the finest books ever written about journalism.
Good night, and good luck!
Directed by Clooney and shot completely in black-and-white, GNGL captures the on-going war of words between Edward R. Murrow and Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954. There is an eerie ring to Murrow's speeches and the audience repeatedly applauded him throughout the movie. Forget Michael Moore. GNGL is a scathing indictment of the sewer the national media has become and there are definite parallels between McCarthy and the Bush White House.
David Straithairn gives an amazing performance as Murrow, but equally impressive is the decision to just let McCarthy speak for himself on newsreel footage. George Clooney plays Fred Friendly, who was Murrow's producer and cohort. When I was a college professor, I always made my students read "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control" by Friendly and I still consider it one of the finest books ever written about journalism.
Good night, and good luck!
posted by Dave Congalton at 12:05 PM
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Congratulations to a "movie star" who has bankrolled a meaningful movie. His career does not ride on this picture.
But it sure says good things can occasionally come from the "hollywood set."
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