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"Good Night and Good Luck"

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It looks like George Clooney is developing into another Clint Eastwood. This film is his latest and he both directs and stars as Fred Friendly, Edward R. Murrow's boss. Most of the story concentrates on the battle between Murrow and Senator McCarthy in the mid fifties. One glaring anachronism is that Murrow's expose' on the treatment of migrant farm workers is lauded in a 1958 introductioon but his famous "Harvest of Shame" documentary wasn't broadcast until years later. Shot in black and white with lots of closeups, periods of silence, and long fade to blacks. Periodically singer Dianne Reeves performs with a straight ahead jazz band. The audience I was with applauded the film at the end.

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Same here! GN&GL is an excellent film. Audience reacted with applause at film's conclusion. - Audiophilander 12:08:56 11/14/05 (2)
Good Night and Good Luck through it's bold historical indictment of those who create a pervasive atmosphere of fear in order to inflame the public and maintain their political power conveys a tremendous sense of irony in these troubled times that I suspect the late George Santayana would've applauded as well!
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- George Santayana (Open in New Window)
- audeince reacted with applause when I saw it, but I found it somewhat dull - tunenut 17:55:34 11/14/05 (1)
  perhaps I was disadvantaged by knowing quite a bit of the history of this period, but there were no surprises. The fate of a minor character was unknown to me, but was telegraphed far in advance, and I completely expected it. The acting was fine, the historical atmosphere was superb, McCarthy as himself seems almost unhinged, so it is easy enough to root for the good guys. So it was not a bad way to spend a couple of hours. But it was far from the most fun at the movies I've had lately. As far as Murrow's stirring speech at the end, it seems a little bit dated, after all there are hundreds of TV channels now instead of 2 or 3 and people can choose news or education if they so desire- and most people apparently don't.
  - I disagree. Murrow's broadcast was clearly an act of courage. - edta 18:27:46 11/27/05 (0)
    300 channels from less than a dozen corporate media conglmerates and I cannot get the truth about Fallujah.
    I believe you are sadly mistaken. Clooney's statement here strikes clearly at the heart of darkeness of the NY Times and other supporters of GW Bush's rogue regime.

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