Crazy media-TV station situation

Unique 2021-11-13 08:01:24

I am mad as hell, i am not gonna take this anymore! What is empathy, this movie is that the depressed announcer shouted out the inner thoughts of many people. Sidney Lumet is a good director. The twelve angry men are astonishing. The hot afternoon is extraordinary. The big trial is also his work. He deserves the title of master. Going back to the movie, this story about the American TV media's ubiquitous audience ratings is undoubtedly wonderful. An announcer who was about to be dismissed finally gave his heartfelt voice, and the ratings unexpectedly increased, so the female producer started a new program for the downfall announcer. The announcer gave a loud speech, hysterical, and ended up in a faint. The female producer is a generation who grew up watching TV and believes that everything should be as shown on TV. She likes old-school news editors and has developed an underground romance. The old-school editors have a clear understanding of her and blindly pursue ratings. , Ignoring morality and responsibility, thinking that being with her will sooner or later be ruined. The new program of the Lost Announcer was very hot, but as time went by, his ratings dropped. The TV station wanted to replace him, and the chairman of the board of directors supported him. So the top of the TV station discussed assassinating him. I thought they were joking, but when the announcer was live, Two extremists actually shot him to death. The film freezes and ends when the announcer falls and dies. This is really a classic film.

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Extended Reading
  • Lola 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    Mapping and satirizing reality with absurd and crazy destruction, dense information bombards nerves from beginning to end; Sidney Lumet is such a great storyteller.

  • Toni 2022-04-21 09:01:45

    The impeccable performance and the famous performance in the film history are a serious deconstruction of the media's role in guiding the public. At the same time, the fake producer's mouth has ridiculed and criticized the meaningless entertainment and TV programs at that time. Unlike Woody Allen, Lumet's film sex seems to be able to be isolated from the relationship and become a traditional Hollywood irony, but Woody can't, that must be a condiment. In the end, in addition to complimenting Donna Wei's temperament and performance, I would like to ask Lao Xu's "Deed to Sell Yourself" and the later "New Money-grabbing Couple". They should all have stolen bridges. They continued this hysterical questioning spirit and ridiculed too much. The era of media control of public opinion. The funny thing is, even after 40 years, we don't go backwards.

Network quotes

  • Howard Beale: [on the air] Last night, I was awakened from a fitful sleep shortly after two o'clock in the morning, by a shrill, civil and faceless voice. I couldn't make it out, at first, in the dark bedroom. And I said, "I'm sorry, you will have to talk a little louder"... The voice said to me, "I want you to tell the people the truth, not an easy thing to do, because the people don't want to know the truth." And, I said, "You're kidding. What the hell should I know about the truth?" But, the voice said to me, "Don't worry about the truth. I will put the words in your mouth." And I said, "What is this, the burning bush? For God sake, I'm not Moses." And the voice said to me, "And I'm not God! What does that got to do with it." And the voice said to me, "We're not talking about eternal truth or absolute truth or ultimate truth. We're talking about impermanent, transient human truth. I don't expect you people to be capable of truth; but, God damn it, at least you're capable of self-preservation!" And I said, "Why me?" And the voice said, "Because you're on television, dummy! You have 40 million Americans listening to you and after this show you could have 50 million. For Pete sake, I'm not asking you to walk the land in sack cloth and ashes, preaching the Armageddon. You're on TV, man!"

  • Laureen Hobbs: The Ecumenical Liberation Army is an ultra left sect, creating political confusion with wildcat violence and pseudo-insurrectionary acts - which the Communist Party does not endorse. The American masses are not yet ready for open revolt. We would not want to produce a television show celebrating historically deviational terrorism.

    Diana Christensen: Miss Hobbs, I'm offering you an hour of primetime television every week, into which you can stick whatever propaganda that you want.