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Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

May 06, 2006 16:17

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mikey_iaco May 7 2006, 20:10:34 UTC

Like dodgethis said, everyone smoked all the time, even news anchors on television, because smoking wasn't such a catastrophe back then as people make it out to be now. Clooney was making the movie feel more authentic by doint that.

acwwhitechoco May 8 2006, 03:57:25 UTC

I figured as much, but I thought their may be a deeper signifiance. I'm sure that someone out there could write a book on some deeper meaning behind the use of the cigarette in the film, though. And that someone could probably teach a film class at the University of Missouri that shows Chicago as one of the "most important films of the last sixty years" while neglecting to ever speak of movies like Pulp Fiction and The Godfather. Ahem ... thank goodness that's all behind me.

theskooch May 9 2006, 08:40:09 UTC

Yeah.. it was real great that they made Chicago. Now we have to see movies like Rent get made more often.

mustbebunnies88 May 10 2006, 03:02:27 UTC

I like "Rent". Don't hate.

And besides the authenticity of the cigarettes just being in the time period, Edward R. Murrow actually smoked on-camera. So that's awesome.

theskooch May 10 2006, 03:04:26 UTC

I have been known to enjoy smoking. I haven't seen Rent yet, actually. However, watching Phantom of the Opera kinda ruined me for wanting to watch stage adaptations.

Do a review of Rent.... the movie!

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