Films about Journalism
With the current hacking scandal going on right now (THREAD), I think it's a good time to start discussing films about journalism.
Last night I watched All the President's Men (1976, Alan J. Pakula), which so far is the best journalism film I've seen. It stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the men who famously did the investigating and research that uncovered the Watergate scandal which led to the resignation of President Nixon. What are your favourite films about journalists or journalism in general? |
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I was pleasantly surprised with "State of Play." It's a solid political thriller with pretty good performances all-around. |
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The TV show was A LOT better than the movie.
Zodiac is a good one |
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I thought State of Play was pretty good. I love Zodiac, that's definitely a favourite.
And speaking of TV shows, the fifth and final season of "The Wire" is a great examination of modern day journalism. |
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The Men Who Stare at Goats Fletch is some good fun too. |
Originally Posted by Sinny McGuffins (Post 747437)
And speaking of TV shows, the fifth and final season of "The Wire" is a great examination of modern day journalism.
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The Killing Fields
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[b]The Killing Fields
Broadcast News, Network, Ace In The Hole, The Year Of Living Dangerously...Erm, this is an odd one but that last 1/3 of Natural Born Killers is relevant Also, I hear Capote is good but haven't seen it myself |
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The Killing Fields is stark, but excellent. I have a copy in my collection, of course.
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All the different versions of The Front Page, including His Girl Friday
Citizen Kane Sweet Smell of Success Good Night, and Good Luck. La Dolce Vita |
Not great, but watchable...
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About the only one I like a lot that hasn't been mentioned yet is...
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Another great one, must see, that is a bit more tangentially about journalism...
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Frost/Nixon where British institution David Frost creates a series of interviews with post Watergate Richard Nixon.
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The Quiet American 2002, Phillip Noyce 1958, Joseph L. Mankiewicz The newer version, starring Michael Caine, is terrific, set in '50s French Indochina, and points to the coming Vietnam War in the next decade. Graham Greene wrote the novel, and he spent time in country during the early 1950s. His book turned out to be very prescient. The original film, made during the height of the Red Scare, totally excises Graham Greene's anti-war stance and instead makes the American a flag-waiving hero. See that one only as a curio or to compare to the infinitely better version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQM2tNd9vM http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...respondent.jpg http://www.classicfilmpreview.com/im...reign_cor4.jpg Foreign Correspondent 1940, Alfred Hitchcock This uses journalism as a hook for an espionage thriller, but it's a damn fun one, the way only Hitchcock can do 'em http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAfTRVcRSbk http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a_syndrome.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W...me%2525201.jpg The China Syndrome 1979, James Bridges The dangers associated with nuclear power are the focus here, especially as its debut was just days ahead of the real-life Three Mile Island incident, but driving the plot is the TV news angle, how Jane Fonda's fluff reporter and her radical cameraman (Michael Douglas) surreptitiously capture the first stages of an accident on camera while on a tour of the power plant. The network then faces pressure and cajoling to bury the footage, but the supervisor in charge at the plant, played by Jack Lemmon, seeks out the media's assistance when he believes the company isn't responding appropriately to the warning signs of imminent catastrophe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PJ-BzXAN1c . . |
The Insider
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It's not about journalism, but there's a journalistic bent to Silkwood.
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Shattered Glass
Lions for Lambs The Year of Living Dangerously |
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The Paper
Wag the Dog Network and of course, the most obvious one: Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism From here you can literally add hundreds of documentaries: The Panama deception, WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, etc, etc, etc. |
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Originally Posted by thracian dawg (Post 747544)
From here you can literally add hundreds of documentaries:
The Panama deception, WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, etc, etc, etc. |
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Not specifically about journalism, but still a brilliant film. |
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Many good picks mentioned already. One of my absolute favorite films is Sidney Lumet's Network (1976). It's satire at its best and it's as sharp and urgent today as ever. Spike Lee payed homage to Network in his overlooked and often misunderstood Bamboozled (2000), which is a brilliant and daring update of the message delivered in Network 24 years earlier.
Another favorite is Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) based on gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's semi-autobiographical novel. Enormously entertaining with Johnny Depp at his best. |
From here you can literally add hundreds of documentaries
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I loved State of Play! It was an amazing movie with a great plot, great cast, and great acting.
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The best film about journalism is a television show. The fifth season of The Wire is amazing.
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