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Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

May 06, 2006 16:17

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robert_downey_jr., movies, ray_wise, jeff_daniels, george_clooney, tate_donovan, patricia_clarkson, david_strathairn

Comments 9

dodgethis May 7 2006, 09:44:10 UTC

I guess the cigarette is a sign of the times. Everyone smoked, all the time, and all the smoothest TV hosts had a lit cigarette in their hand as they addressed the camera. They also all died of lung cancer but what can you do.

Also, the billowy smoke looks super-great in black and white!

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.

Thread 5

theskooch May 11 2006, 22:05:47 UTC

Totally unreleated to this review, but I'm just curious which Kill Bill you're nominating in the Tournament?

acwwhitechoco May 12 2006, 18:19:38 UTC

The whole thing. Isn't Tarrantino supposed to re-release it this winter as one big four hour movie? If not, I guess I'll have to say Vol. 2 ... but really, it's like picking between your kids.

theskooch May 12 2006, 18:21:06 UTC

Well that's what I've been waiting on. I didn't buy the DVDs yet because I was sure he'd release a super doped up Japanese edition or something. I'll put the vote for No. 2 though.