Good Night, and Good LuckGeorge Clooney (director)
An extremely well-made, well-paced and unbelievably well-filmed (B&W) film.
David Strathairn give a quiet, understated perfomance as Edward R. Murrow, who – with producer Fred Friendly (Clooney) – decided take on the reckless accusations of Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the 1950 communist paranoia.
I don’t know if this film would play as well in other years; the parallels to McCarthy and his communist vendeta and the current War on Terror resonate today – a decade from now, maybe not.
I found the atmosphere of the film its strongest point – B&W done as well as (or better than) Woody Allen, the sets, the constant smoking and scotch-drinking: It was the 1950s, and this is a great snapshot of same.
Yesterday we hit almost 70 degrees here in Chicago, and today – while more 50ish – is a pleasure for those of us with cabin fever. Come on warm weather!
Spend the first couple of hours today cleaning up the backyard; trimming back bushes and all that jazz.
Felt good to be outside doing something, but I am such a wuss: Couple of hours and I’m wiped.
I’ve spent too much time in front of a keyboard; the most exercise I get these days is reaching for the mouse or lifting a cup of coffee to my face. Wow, look at those biceps!