Network (1976)

[Paul Mackin]

On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Monte Davis wrote:

>
>> Ned Beatty tells it like it is ...
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY
>
> One of the great moments in modern film (as is William Holden's  
> with his
> wife re his affair with Dunaway)
>
> I was watching 'American Dreamz' recently (US president judges TV  
> singing
> competitors, one of whom is a suicide bomber)... Found myself  
> dissatisified,
> waiting for it to have the nerve to hang as far out over the edge  
> as Network
> -- or for that matter A Face in the Crowd 
>
> I acknowledge this is the epitome of grumpy geezerism ('we had REAL  
> satire
> back in the day'). But wtach them, compare, and see if you (=any  
> age) don't
> agree
>
>


Tom Wilkinson is the latest guy to be driven nuts in the corporate  
workplace in "Michael Clayton."

Tilda Swinton goes equally over the edge but in a  quieter manner.