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RE: The Miraculous Manu Memorial Movie Month, Mmmmm!
07-03-2015, 12:29 AM (This post was last modified: 07-03-2015, 12:55 AM by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆.)
Network (1976)

Musical Accompaniment: Steinski & Mass Media — It's Up To You (War Mix)

I'm not going to spill a lot of ink on Network, because it is a movie that compulsively analyzes itself. One of the characters announces specifically Acts 2 and 3. It's the wordiest movie I've ever seen, one where everyone is prone to break out into a beautiful monologues and impromptu alliteration. I don't mean that as a knock on it at all, I mean that in the best way possible. So instead, let us meditate on the visual aspects of a movie that doesn't show off much. Namely, its use of doorways to divide the screen up:

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It's not exactly Wes Anderson, but this world undoubtedly exists in straight lines and right angles, which is part of the reasons Howard Beale's set is such a shocker when it's first revealed (although let's not kid ourselves, it's pretty over-the-top:)

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Overall, a very very good movie, and I liked it a lot.
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RE: The Miraculous Manu Memorial Movie Month, Mmmmm! - by ☆ C.H.W.O.K.A ☆ - 07-03-2015, 12:29 AM