We've just been to see The Post. It's a period piece about how The Washington Post published details of a government report on the Vietnam war that the politicians did not want the public to know about. It's a very talky film as it's about people making decisions. There is some action in Vietnam at the start, but that's very limited. Despite not knowing much of the history we enjoyed it and I will be reading up on it. The performances are great. I expect Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep will get some awards.
It has definite resonance with out times with the conflict between the government and the media. There are still good reporters out there who want to expose the truth, but this shows how business can get in the way of that.
It's set in the early 70s and that's well done with the clothes and cars. It's very noticeable that all the meetings Post owner Steep goes into are all men apart from her. There are black faces around, but they don't really get to speak. I also noticed how many typewriters you see. I have to wonder if Tom Hanks had a hand in that as he collects them.
We saw the movie at The Broadway in Letchworth. This is an old cinema that is run by a charity. I can remember when it was just a single big screen, but it's been chopped up to make four screen now and we were in the smallest one. It's still a nice place to go and they have some theatre on there too. You may recognise it as one of the locations in The World's End that was filmed around the town.
It actually makes a change to go to the cinema to see a 'grown up' movie. Most I've seen recently have tended to be Marvel or Star Wars.
Steem on!
I'll buy guitar picks for Steem Dollars
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A bit too many similarities between Trump and Nixon for my taste, but that is obviously Steven Spielberg's point.
When I was a teenager I was sceptic about all things seventies, but this song made me realise that Stevie Wonder was dope anyway! It is about Nixon, (with big brother on the B-side! which is also interesting)
I expect the movie was planned before Trump, but you can't help seeing the similarities. Stevie Wonder is a genius
They do say here that it was made in under a year " ... because of the subject matter ... "
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls025720609/videoplayer/vi1923004441
And yes, he is a genius. I guess that young people are so busy being grown ups that they adopt quite a lot of rigid, pre-defined opinions. A friend of my parents gave me a record with a girl in a bikini as a joke present from a large LP-collection he had bought - it was a Motown compilation and the song was on that... and then music trumped prejudice.
Interesting. I bet Trump will love it if this movie gets loads of awards :)
Such strange and worrying times with that giant, spoiled baby leading the US into the abyss.
Media was a whole different beast back then. I might check this one out.
I really enjoyed your post about the Washington post! Ha I was like you in rhe sense that I wasnt aware of the part the media played during the time of the vietnam war so it was very interesting to be informed of true events.
It was mind blowing to see how much infomation the government was hiding and how the government was simply unable to admit defeat out of sheer pride. In my opinion, the government was an absolute disgrace and I'm glad the media acted in the right way and carried out their purpose to inform the public of this injustice.
I am looking forward to reading your future posts.
This is exactly what journalists should be doing and some still do it. It's also why politicians fear the press and try to pretend it's 'fake'.
I know it can difficult for a journalist to share the truth about a situation as it can lead them to feeling vulnerable and at times, in fear of their safety.
For example, I don't know if you have watched the documentary on a journalist called Veronica Gearon who exposed some gangland crimes that were ongoing in Ireland,she continued to write articles about the crimes that were commited despite recieving death threaths. Sadly, her passion for speaking out led to her death.
Revealing the truth can have its consequences but it always the moral thing to do and people like Veronica will be loved and admired by everyone.
wow.......so interesting movie,,,,,,,i think ,,this movie just inspire the public,,,,,to help them,,take a great decision .......nice share.....
interesting movie -- upvoted
Good post.
Lol