Good Night, and Good Luck.
8.5/10. Saw this on January 6th at the Splendid in Bern.
A superlative movie in every respect -- acting, writing, direction, photography -- and its story has a stirring contemporary relevance. Yet I completely forgot about it the moment I walked out of the theater.
posted by Ian @ 8:28 AM
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They say memory is the first thing to go. There are supplements that may help though.
I was inordinately impressed by the movie, its claustrophobic sense, the levels of power dynamics, and the constriction of fear. Yet I see that critically it's not being dealt with in that sense. I wonder if it's a little *too* on the nose, and there's a certain amount of repression of the powerlessness and humiliation that arrive with the abuse of authority.
This *is* the post about The Fantastic Four, right?
I recommend Good Night & Good Luck, but I doubt I'll ever watch it again.
When I completely agree with everything a movie has to say and the way it goes about saying it (i.e., its craft), I tend to forget about it fairly quickly, even if it is especially admirable and intelligent.
Yes, it doesn't sound like you had the emotional experience I had. My co-moviegoer had a similar, visceral response to the power struggle on display (a bit like a knife twisting in the stomach). It certainly is a well made film, but it was the immense tension that it summoned up that left the deep impression on me.
Funnily, I was quite fired up while I was watching it.
I kept remembering the famous "It's about *you*!" exchange between Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan and wondering if the same thing might happen between Georges Clooney and W. Bush.
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