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re: Has any movie aged better than Network?
Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:02 pm to molsusports
Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:02 pm to molsusports
Also I don't know if it aged better than Network, but the Swimmer from 1969 is a movie that holds up extremely well both thematically and how it's shot.. it mostly takes place in secluded backyards and does not seem dated at all.
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Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:03 pm to teke184
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One of my favorite scenes has to be the contract negotiations between the SLA stand in group, the Angela Davis stand in, and the network, at which point AD starts whining that “the (Communist) Party won’t see a dime until syndication” and the big black fried chicken eating SLA leader fires a shot in the air, says that AD should be fronted for distribution, and wants everyone to turn to a specific section of the contract to discuss subsidiary rights.
Hard not to see a parallel with the BLM organization financial behaviors
Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:07 pm to teke184
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It turns the mundane (contract negotiations) into comedy gold between an avowed Communist whining about losing money and a guy who was previously shown to be pretty dim being the voice of reason and wanting to talk about technical details of the contract.
it is seemingly just there for laughs too after a pretty heavy scene with max telling his wife about the affair.
then comes full circle with the Betty speach
"What do you think the Russians talk about in their councils of state -- Karl Marx? They get out their linear programming charts, statistical decision theories, minimax solutions, and compute the price-cost probabilities of their transactions and investments, just like we do."
Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:09 pm to Dire Wolf
The Ned Beatty role sure seems like Rupert Murdoch these days.
“You have meddled with fundamental forces of nature, Mr Beale, and YOU WILL ATONE!”
“You have meddled with fundamental forces of nature, Mr Beale, and YOU WILL ATONE!”
Posted on 5/31/23 at 3:11 pm to Dire Wolf
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Has any movie aged better than Network?
The Gods must be crazy
Posted on 5/31/23 at 3:33 pm to molsusports
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Having a member of the press glamorized into a celebrity further eroded the national media. Especially because the media became more enamored with the idea of their own need to be featured in the story. If Network came out a year later maybe they would have poked fun at All the President's Men
Amen. When reporters started fantasizing that they were avenging angels who were as cool as Redford and Hoffman the process became all about them, their celebrity and advancing their careers. Not enough people recognize the negative impact that this has had on our society.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 3:41 pm to Dire Wolf
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"We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies, Mr. Beale. The world is a college of corporations, inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business. The world is a business, Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime..."
I have never understood why people draw such a sharp distinction between government and corporations. "Corporation" is loosely translated to be a group of people forming a body to pursue a purpose. That definition seems to fit government ... and the government is every bit as driven by money as any for-profit company.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 3:45 pm to Dire Wolf
1984 - we're living it
A Clockwork Orange - the powers at be want to change our nature
Chinatown - same corruption
A Clockwork Orange - the powers at be want to change our nature
Chinatown - same corruption
Posted on 5/31/23 at 4:03 pm to BabysArmHoldingApple
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Amen. When reporters started fantasizing that they were avenging angels who were as cool as Redford and Hoffman the process became all about them, their celebrity and advancing their careers. Not enough people recognize the negative impact that this has had on our society.
Also there were reporters, like Carl Bernstein that did not have college degrees. It used to be more of a blue collar profession, now reporters at major outlets have a minimum of a BA if not Masters from elite schools (Columbia, Northwestern, Missouri)
Posted on 5/31/23 at 4:28 pm to Honest Tune
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Truman Show was very prophetic.
Flat Earthers be like:
Posted on 5/31/23 at 6:48 pm to Keep Stirring
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Idiocracy is not that great of a movie,
It's not a great movie (still a fairly good one, nonetheless), but it is one of the most culturally prescient movies of all time.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:00 pm to Dire Wolf
Maybe not for everyone but I think 2001 A Space Odyssey has held up amazingly well.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:18 pm to Dire Wolf
Just watched the trailer - this looks great! Thanks for posting. Can’t wait to watch it later this week!
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:28 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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amazingly prophetic
I don't think it was necessarily prophetic, just the same shite was going on back then. We're more aware of it due to the internet & social media.
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