Brilliant satire. It skewers media and the heights it goes to for ratings. It's both sad and scary how timely the movie still is. It just goes to show that we really haven't changed that much...
The Definition Of Whistleblower Vs Those That Shall Remain Nameless but everybody knows who you tslkin about " You get on your 27inch screen and talk about Democracy, there is no democracy,no terrorists,no war only IBM, ITT, AT&T and NASA"
The final line made me laugh harder than I've laughed at anything for as long as I can remember.
A dengorously prescient film from 40+ years ago that saw how television and the Western world would go.
A tour de force of actors going off a script written for the intellectual. It's not the most human dialogue but it is brilliant.
Without wanting to give spoilers, I will however comment on the legacy of this film. The one director working today who has adopted this style and ratcheted it up to 11 to my mind is Wes Anderson. The narrator, the craziness passed off with an earnestness reminds me much of his movies.
There is an earnest progression to destruction in this film that is brilliantly portrayed and strikes fear into your heart as you realise we have become exactly what was prophesied.
What a film this must have been in 1976. 40-odd years on I rate it an 8/10.
It's OK. The message got a bit cheesy with the chanting. The movie seems more of an adolescent temper tantrum that relates to when we reach the age of realising life can be shit more than the big social commentary expected. There are some good points but it's mostly obvious or tries to be elitist. The story is also a little slow.
It's liked more now due to its association with conspiracy, and I don't mind that, but the messages in this movie and the protesting feeling it attempts to provoke are not as deep as many think.
Wow! What a prophetic film. Found myself thinking "I Can't believe this is 35 years old."
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this movie is pure genius!.
if you like anything made by aaron sorkin, you will love this movie :3
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Another Segment of Vox Populi.
It's always great when a work of art, film, or piece of media touches the pulse of society whether the author was conscious of it or not, telling us truths before our eyes are open to see it. Think Wag The Dog (1997)...
But it's even better when one of these works crosses over into timelessness, where it can be beloved or hated in it's own time; fall out of relevance, only to be revived and cherished in newfound reverence at a later point in time.
Although better still are the ones that never fall out of relevance. The ones that are just as true today as they were when they were made and every day in-between. Those that are only limited and diminished by our memory of the work existing, rising and falling in the public consciousness only if we speak or do not speak about them.
This is one of those.
https://boxd.it/2CCGF5
Meh, it’s fine, but I’d rather rewatch The Morning Show if I want to watch ruthless network executives.
"Network" is a satirical takedown of the world of news media that may date back to 1976 but could not be more topical than ever in the 2020s. The screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky is almost prophetic. Above all, there are some fantastic monologues that don't necessarily come across as natural but are incredibly captivating. The actors are convincing throughout, especially Faye Dunaway, who is phenomenal, and Peter Finch, who got to shine one last time just before his death. "Network" is hilarious, biting, a little frightening, and all-around fantastic. For me, the 120 minutes simply flew by.
Nowadays we'd call this out as Oscar bait. Just a very safe office comedy/drama that makes some incredibly obvious observations about the world of television. It's decently funny, but I never felt challenged or emotionally stimulated. It continuously keeps circling back to this theme of '(dumb) anger and sensationalism go hand in hand with commercial (news) media', but it never digs deeper so that it goes to a more memorable, interesting place. Instead, it often falls back on this less interesting romance subplot if Lumet doesn't quite know where to take the story next (although to be fair: that becomes more interesting as the film goes along). The characters, dialogue and acting are all fine. Sometimes it gets really showy and loud, but given that we're dealing with satire and the television world here, that still rings true to me. I liked the minor postmodern touches in the writing, those feel like the film's sharpest moments. However, I don't feel like Lumet is at his sharpest behind the camera here. Lots of flat lighting, simple shot-reverse shot set-ups. way too many close-ups, only a couple of scenes with interesting blocking; it's kind of a letdown compared to the much better direction in Dog Day Afternoon is. Overall, while I can see why people like this, I do question its classic status. If Adam McKay directed this, film Twitter would claim it's the worst thing ever made. It's not, of course, but besides a couple of really good moments this is just fine.
6/10
Sour criticism of the world of television.
Classic. That's the comment.
Talk about upping the stakes to make a good show.
the story line not very interesting.maybe the acting save it.
Cinema Paco 2. Sound and iamge 3/5. Although 70 is the struggle for the audience and do whatever for her is very current. Seems T5 tv casting their "quality" "
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Network/797307
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