Network (1976)

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Sun Dec 9 14:15:36 CST 2007


On 12/9/07, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> I recently saw the movie for the first time. I had expected the
> brilliant satire, but some of the later scenes go beyond that. Sometimes
> it seemed that the screen writer was overplaying his hand and thereby
> lessening the impact of the satire. The Ned Beatty scene, on the other
> hand, is absolutely incredible.

Cf. ...

"Don't forget the real business of the War is buying and selling.
[...] The true war is a celebration of markets." (GR, Pt. I, p. 105)

And see as well, e.g., ...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=beAQVm1j56w

SPOILER ALERT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OqSiLL8U3vo

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065938/



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