Network (1976)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 121m
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
Synopsis:
A respected newsreader announces his intention to commit suicide on air and is suddenly the focus of such intense media scrutiny that he exploits the situation to become an evangelistic advocate of personal revolt.
Review:
A loud but effectively vitriolic satire of television's ability to cheapen everything it touches. The Finch character becomes a kind of idiot savant figure, ultimately corrupted by the power he heroically attempts to appropriate. Other personal dramas keep the film bubbling away from the TV scenes but prolong it and dampen the impact.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 121m
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
Synopsis:
A respected newsreader announces his intention to commit suicide on air and is suddenly the focus of such intense media scrutiny that he exploits the situation to become an evangelistic advocate of personal revolt.
Review:
A loud but effectively vitriolic satire of television's ability to cheapen everything it touches. The Finch character becomes a kind of idiot savant figure, ultimately corrupted by the power he heroically attempts to appropriate. Other personal dramas keep the film bubbling away from the TV scenes but prolong it and dampen the impact.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 121m
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
Synopsis:
A respected newsreader announces his intention to commit suicide on air and is suddenly the focus of such intense media scrutiny that he exploits the situation to become an evangelistic advocate of personal revolt.
Review:
A loud but effectively vitriolic satire of television's ability to cheapen everything it touches. The Finch character becomes a kind of idiot savant figure, ultimately corrupted by the power he heroically attempts to appropriate. Other personal dramas keep the film bubbling away from the TV scenes but prolong it and dampen the impact.