Network (1976)

[Dave Monroe]

On 12/9/07, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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/

Oops ...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fC8Ch-bZPt4

Uh, SPOILER ALERT there as well ...