Thursday, March 29


Good Night, and Good Luck
Grade: B+

What I think is important about this movie is not just the issues of being able to confront your accusers, protecting your rights, and not being swayed by government officials instituting fear into the public by threats of foreign invaders and ideals, but really what stuck out the most was the critique of television. The way television could be used versus the way it is actually being used. After just taking a course last semester on the media and having just finished half of Neil Postman's book 'Amusing Ourselves To Death' (a critique on television culture) this movie does a good job of being in your face at pointing out the nature of television and how it is being used. Sadly, I think television culture is only bound to get worse.

2 comments:

pigern said...

I got this movie but never got around to watching it.

Curelover said...

Agreed about the use of television. It wasn't so much about the govt and the corruption but more about media use. I heard the Neil Postman book is good but a bit dated because it was written back in 1985 ... it would be interesting to see what he thinks of TV culture now.