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"Good Night Good Luck" & "Submitted For Your Approval"

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I just saw "Good Night Good Luck" and I thought it was just tremendous! David Strathairn was sublime . Clooney really is getting movie making right. The editing between drama and real footage was really well done. Politically - It reminded me of "Submitted For Your Approval" - a wonderful PBS documentary/dramatization about Rod Serling and the early years of television. Ironically there was footage of Serling being interviewed by Murrow where Serling says he's " given up on serious drama".
In some ways both films were heartbreaking in the same way."Good Night Good Luck" was one of this years best films IMHO.

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I recommend this movie to everyone with two brain cells left. - edta 16:31:28 12/04/05 (1)
Scathing commentary on the news media of today along with a great drama about courage and what used to be American ideals. No fat, just meat. Deserves an Oscar, no problem.
George Clooney? Never realized what this guy had going for him.
- Amen to that! - Harmonia 13:31:41 12/06/05 (0)
  Bravo, Mr. Clooney.
  Did you see the first evening of Nightline after Koppel left? Pathetic.
  There are no Murrows around today that I can detect. Hardly anyone is willing to say the empire has no clothes.
Re: "Good Night Good Luck" & "Submitted For Your Approval" - PdL 18:46:14 12/03/05 (1)
I concur - certainly one of this year's best movies. No filler in this one either. Clocking in at approx 90 minutes, GNGL never meanders off course.
- Re: "Good Night Good Luck" & "Submitted For Your Approval" - Jim Campilongo 04:51:36 12/04/05 (0)
  That's true. When the movie ended I was surprised how "quick" it felt.
Just out of curiosity - Bolt_Snypr 17:51:46 12/03/05 (3)
How political was it? Did you leave the theatre feeling differently about any one of today�s political parties? Did it bolster your opinions about one or the other? Just curious.
Thanks!
- Re: Just out of curiosity - Jim Campilongo 18:05:32 12/03/05 (2)
  Personally - almost nothing can make me feel more disenchanted and disgusted with our current President's policies. Furthermore I feel the state of television is a depressingly low standard that is just getting worse.
  - Re: Just out of curiosity - Bolt_Snypr 20:08:43 12/03/05 (1)
    For people sitting in the fence, do you think this movie has the potential for pushing them even further from Bush?
    It seems politically charged from what I gather.
    Sometimes bringing up history has that potential.
    I agree with you, TV has become much worst and continues to go down that path, especially when there are two sides to the set, and both are at war with each other.
    - Re: Just out of curiosity - sjb 00:03:50 12/04/05 (0)
      I don't think it'd make people move further from GW but it does detail the roots of the end of news and the beginning of infotainment and , at least to me, leaves one with the feeling that this country would be better off if a genuinely independent (as in, not profit oriented) news media still existed. It's not a left/right or dem/rep thing but a corporate ownership thing.
      Of course I could be romanticizing the idea of some better past.
      
      "Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"

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