The Post (2017)

Corene 2022-04-20 09:01:41

-If the government wins and we're convicted. The Washington Post as we know it will cease to exist.

-If we live in a world where the government could tell us what we can and cannot print, then the Washington Post as we know has already ceased to exist.


And all the ones (will win) after that because we were scared. Because the only way to assert the right to publish is to publish.


The Founding Father gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

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  • Alexandro 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    End praise! Spielberg's filming of this kind of subject matter, which is worthy of the ancestors and set a model for the next generation, can be said to be very handy, and the second half of the film is full of enthusiasm. But the great thing is the event itself, but the effect of such a lineup can only be regarded as the director's normal level is low! ps, Aunt Mei lost too much to Cohen's sister-in-law this time.

  • Mervin 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Barely two points. Spielberg is a Buddhist. After the introduction of the two characters, I knew the plot was going: Streep, who inherited the family business "Washington Post", wanted to save the precarious circulation, and Hank, the editor in charge of the content Sri Lanka wants to make big news, and of course the ending is that they cooperate with the whistleblower successfully. Well, although the content has a playful little paragraph like Hanks' daughter selling lemonade, the main part is that inexplicable people from all walks of life came out to obstruct the publication. The "New York Times", which was the first to speak out, has been rectified, and Streep's group is facing the difficulty. And on the cloud. The whole article uses retro strong contrasting pictures, and adds a little blue tones to conform to contemporary aesthetics. This dull and old style of painting does not play a role in reconciling the bloated plot. The tension created has no room for the cards that have already been turned over. Spielberg may have made this film with a political mission. In the whole film, nothing stands up except for the reporter's sense of mission standing there, and even the motives of the characters to do all this can't be seen.

The Post quotes

  • Roger Clark: If you got the study from the same source, that would amount to collusion.

    Ben Bagdikian: Yeah, we could all be executed at dawn.

    Roger Clark: And we could be held in contempt of court - which means Mr. Bradlee and Mrs. Graham could go to jail. Mr. Bagdikian, how likely is it that your source and the Times source are the same person?

  • Kay Graham: When Phil died it was just - I was 45 years old and I had never held - I never had to hold a job in my life. But, I just, I loved the paper, you know. I do. I do so love the paper. I don't want it to be my fault. I don't want to be the one - I don't want to let Phil and my father and all of you kids and everybody down.