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2021-11-13 08:01
"TV Station" is a fictional work with a compact plot and wonderful performances. Through the mouth of the character, the film shouts out the self-reflection of "TV does not tell the truth, TV is a playground"  . The film is a realistic film that reflects the American news system. It uses a seemingly absurd story to deeply criticize the unscrupulous behavior of the TV media for commercial interests, and vividly exposes the shady of the TV media  .
The performance of "TV Station" is calm and has the effect of sitting on the sidelines. For example, after Bill was killed, the camera moved forward without hesitation without any emotions being revealed. In certain passages of the film, the most suitable audio-visual language is used to hypnotize the audience. The hypnosis here is not to make the audience feel bored and want to sleep, but the audience unconsciously accepts the ideological connotation of the film. In these passages, "TV Station Storm" transcends the movie itself, and becomes a certain theater, a certain speech, and a certain declaration. The film not only has a large number of shocking shout-style monologues, but also strengthens the views through various solid audio-visual skills, so as to achieve the purpose of inspiring thinking  .
"TV Station" is a serious comedy with a strong critical and forward-looking nature, which reflects the state of the American television industry under the commercial operation mechanism of the 1970s. By portraying the struggles of TV media practitioners in the network of capital, the film reveals the profound influence of monopoly capital on the audience's thinking. The film not only explores the topic of TV media alienation driven by commercial interests, but also reflects on the modernity of capital. The characters in the film are like a mirror, reflecting the irreversibility of the alienation of the developed industrial society. Through the film, the audience saw that the television medium has become a technology that alienates human beings, and humans have become slaves of the television medium  .
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  • Howard Beale: We'll tell you anything you want to hear, we lie like hell.

  • Howard Beale: [arms outstretched to the heavens] Edward George Ruddy died today! Edward George Ruddy was the Chairman of the Board of the Union Broadcasting Systems, and he died at eleven o'clock this morning of a heart condition, and woe is us! We're in a lot of trouble!

    Howard Beale: [calmly strolling toward the audience] So. A rich little man with white hair died. What has that got to do with the price of rice, right? And *why* is that woe to us? Because you people, and sixty-two million other Americans, are listening to me right now. Because less than three percent of you people read books! Because less than fifteen percent of you read newspapers! Because the only truth you know is what you get over this tube. Right now, there is a whole, an entire generation that never knew anything that didn't come out of this tube! This tube is the Gospel, the ultimate revelation. This tube can make or break presidents, popes, prime ministers... This tube is the most awesome God-damned force in the whole godless world, and woe is us if it ever falls in to the hands of the wrong people, and that's why woe is us that Edward George Ruddy died. Because this company is now in the hands of CCA - the Communication Corporation of America. There's a new Chairman of the Board, a man called Frank Hackett, sitting in Mr. Ruddy's office on the twentieth floor. And when the twelfth largest company in the world controls the most awesome God-damned propoganda force in the whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network?

    Howard Beale: [ascending the stage] So, you listen to me. Listen to me: Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth... Go to God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because that's the only place you're ever going to find any real truth.

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