Good Night and Good Luck
When I was in California I saw “Good Night, and Good Luck”. I liked it a lot at the time, but on further reflection I’m not as sure. The technical aspects were great: the acting, the cinematography, the period atmosphere complete with smoke wafting in every direction. I also couldn’t help but be excited by the parallels drawn between McCarthy’s red witch hunt and the current administration’s war on terror. My problem with the movie is that it was too black and white (har har). It was pretty clear who the good guys were and who the bad guys were, even if McCarthy played himself. Perhaps it was that clear in real life, but I somehow doubt that. That’s not to say that I didn’t cheer Edward Murrow’s journalistic integrity and wish it upon our current media, but Clooney might have dressed it up a little. The character Murrow epitomized the ideal of doing the right thing and taking the attendant blows in stride.