The Movie "Network"

[JoeB131]

Best remembered for the line "I'm as Mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

I find this movie kind of interesting in that it was precient.

The short synopsis of the plot is that we have a TV Anchorman who suffers a nervous breakdown and loses his mind, but due to various machinations at the Network, he is kept on the air until he is a ratings hit.

Peter Finch, the only guy to win a posthomous Oscar at that point (and actually deserve it, unlike Heath Ledger) is truly great as Howard Beale.

But then I look around the Television Landscape, and I see Olberman and Beck and a lot of other equally crazy people on the air, and I have to think, "You know, Howard looked relatively sedate."

 

[Sarah G]

Best remembered for the line "I'm as Mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

I find this movie kind of interesting in that it was precient.

The short synopsis of the plot is that we have a TV Anchorman who suffers a nervous breakdown and loses his mind, but due to various machinations at the Network, he is kept on the air until he is a ratings hit.

Peter Finch, the only guy to win a posthomous Oscar at that point (and actually deserve it, unlike Heath Ledger) is truly great as Howard Beale.

But then I look around the Television Landscape, and I see Olberman and Beck and a lot of other equally crazy people on the air, and I have to think, "You know, Howard looked relatively sedate."

There's a new series starting at the end of June on HBO that reminds me of that character. Jeff Daniels is the main character, I believe it is called The Newsroom.

Finch's breakdown was well on it's way without the pressure of his high stress job, imo. It's not a job for the weak. Same with Olbermann and Beck.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. 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. 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.

Whenever a conservative whines about ‘socialism’ or ‘communism’ I consider the truism above and chuckle.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Best remembered for the line "I'm as Mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

I find this movie kind of interesting in that it was precient.

The short synopsis of the plot is that we have a TV Anchorman who suffers a nervous breakdown and loses his mind, but due to various machinations at the Network, he is kept on the air until he is a ratings hit.

Peter Finch, the only guy to win a posthomous Oscar at that point (and actually deserve it, unlike Heath Ledger) is truly great as Howard Beale.

But then I look around the Television Landscape, and I see Olberman and Beck and a lot of other equally crazy people on the air, and I have to think, "You know, Howard looked relatively sedate."

There's a new series starting at the end of June on HBO that reminds me of that character. Jeff Daniels is the main character, I believe it is called The Newsroom.

Finch's breakdown was well on it's way without the pressure of his high stress job, imo. It's not a job for the weak. Same with Olbermann and Beck.

That's the new Aaron Sorkin show, right?

I'm a big fan of his.

 

[eots]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk]Network - Money speech - YouTube[/ame]

 

[whitehall]

There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. 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. 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.

Whenever a conservative whines about ‘socialism’ or ‘communism’ I consider the truism above and chuckle.

Anybody who claims that "There is no America" is just fulfilling his own wish that America was brought down to a level with socialist regimes. Anybody who thinks there is no democracy is a surrender monkey fool who can't defend his own party's policies and gives up. Big corporations exist because democracy flourishes. Corporations ain't your enemy you delusional fools.

 

[Sarah G]

Best remembered for the line "I'm as Mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."

I find this movie kind of interesting in that it was precient.

The short synopsis of the plot is that we have a TV Anchorman who suffers a nervous breakdown and loses his mind, but due to various machinations at the Network, he is kept on the air until he is a ratings hit.

Peter Finch, the only guy to win a posthomous Oscar at that point (and actually deserve it, unlike Heath Ledger) is truly great as Howard Beale.

But then I look around the Television Landscape, and I see Olberman and Beck and a lot of other equally crazy people on the air, and I have to think, "You know, Howard looked relatively sedate."

There's a new series starting at the end of June on HBO that reminds me of that character. Jeff Daniels is the main character, I believe it is called The Newsroom.

Finch's breakdown was well on it's way without the pressure of his high stress job, imo. It's not a job for the weak. Same with Olbermann and Beck.

That's the new Aaron Sorkin show, right?

I'm a big fan of his.

Yes! I can't wait to see it, they're already showing promos for it and it doesn't start for a month.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-wozniak-hired-aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-326595

 

[konradv]

There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. 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. 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.

Whenever a conservative whines about ‘socialism’ or ‘communism’ I consider the truism above and chuckle.

Anybody who claims that "There is no America" is just fulfilling his own wish that America was brought down to a level with socialist regimes. Anybody who thinks there is no democracy is a surrender monkey fool who can't defend his own party's policies and gives up. Big corporations exist because democracy flourishes. Corporations ain't your enemy you delusional fools.

But they're not really your friends, either. They're entities looking out for their own well being, not yours.