Sunday, November 06, 2005

Good Night, and Good Movie

I saw GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK tonight, and found it to be a gripping , spare, and beautifully-photographed movie. It's certainly timely, too; when people, in archival footage, criticized charges brought on "hearsay and rumor," it seemed almost quaint. The movie also featured nice bits of irony for the present-day audience -- such as advertisers using Murrow's name and integrity to tout Kent cigarettes, twelve years before cigarettes killed Murrow.

I was left with two questions, however:

1. Why was Technicolor's logo in the closing credits? It was a black-and-white movie.

2. The movie was rated "PG" for "thematic elements." Since when do freedom and attacks on the misuse of power require Parental Guidance?

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