Shocking insider view

Jordane 2022-03-22 09:01:37

Wei Heng's torment in personal interests and public interests is vividly interpreted, and his family is the health of the public. In the end, he chose to give up his own personal interests and make the truth public. But after all, the power is limited, and it is imprisoned by all parties. Even his wife and children left him.

Bergman also encountered the same problem and was under pressure from the top, but in order to let everyone know the inside story of tobacco, and also for the professional ethics of a journalist, and more importantly, to fulfill his promise to Wigan. Use yourself as a piece of news and let other peers break the news. In the end, it was because of this promise that he voluntarily quit his job.

At the end of the film, their efforts were realized, although they achieved their original purpose, but as Bergman said: "What has been won." Won the public's right to know and the resistance to big business.

Finally, let's talk about the film itself, which is indeed a bit procrastinating. I didn't get into the topic for the first half hour, but I really insisted on watching it.

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  • Mike Wallace: And that's what cigarettes are for?

    Jeffrey Wigand: A delivery device for nicotine.

    Mike Wallace: A delivery device for nicotine. Put it in your mouth, lit it up and you're gonna get your fix?

    Jeffrey Wigand: You're gonna get your fix.

  • Jeffrey Wigand: I can't seem to find the criteria to decide. It's too big a decision to make without being resolved in my own mind.

    Lowell Bergman: Maybe things have changed.

    Jeffrey Wigand: What's changed?

    Lowell Bergman: You mean since this morning?

    Jeffrey Wigand: No, I mean since whenever.