TV station "crazy" and "cloud"

Jules 2022-03-24 09:01:37

"TV" is a film with a rigorous production and a serious theme. At the end of the film, the scene of the four TV shows at the beginning reappears, the news of "Bieux was murdered" and other commercials are continuously broadcast, and a murder with a huge conspiracy has become a fortune for tens of thousands of people. The people's pastime of "passing the boring time", the obscenity and filth of the TV industry have been magnified to the greatest extent at the end of the film.
This is a serious film, with a serious theme and a wide range of content. It discusses a series of issues such as the national economy and people's livelihood from the perspective of the TV industry. Furthermore, the ugly image of the TV industry's intrigue and profit-seeking was nakedly exposed. Unexpectedly, there are so many grievances and grievances and ugly conspiracies hidden behind the seemingly simple and interesting TV programs.
There is no soundtrack from the beginning to the end, only the monotonous program intro and ending song. Without the accompaniment, it means that there is no atmosphere creation, no emotional guidance, and everything needs to be felt by the audience. This inevitably makes the film a bit boring, but this may be the embodiment of the director's rigorous attitude. He just wants to present the most real state of the TV industry to the audience, and let the audience feel the serious theme that the film wants to express from a third-person perspective.
Rigorous style, serious themes, but a somewhat crazy romantic story to show it all. Serious news shows turned into free-spirited talk shows, and the deranged "Bieux" became a popular icon. In this somewhat bizarre story, what a bit of irony is contained in the director!
In the era of more and more developed communications, television has gradually become the main body of public opinion. However, the greed for profit manipulates the conscience of TV practitioners, which has to be worrying!

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Extended Reading
  • Theresa 2022-04-21 09:01:45

    The in-depth analysis of the TV generation back then is fully applicable to the current Internet generation. What allowed this group of people to conspire to murder on TV without blushing? What makes these people unhappy people?

  • Friedrich 2021-11-13 08:01:24

    It would be perfect if Ma Jingtao participated in the performance!

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.