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Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2022) (100 movies items)" Points: 32 Chosen by: satashi (7), El Zumbador (10), Leo (1), joelius712 (10), fdlm4000 (4) Previous rank: 13 (↓17) IMDB top 250 rank: 219"
Favorite Movies of All Time (2017 Edition) (1001 movies items)" 2016: 65 2015: 67 2014: 68 2013: 71 2012: 76 2011: 79 2010: 82 2009: 83 2008: 86 2007: 89 2006: 114 2005: 159 2004: 180 "
Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2021) (100 movies items)" Points: 56 Chosen by: BlossomNet (9), braian61mdp (2), JaJlN2 (10), El Zumbador (10), fdlm4000 (8), Yensid Naf (7), Chilean Snake (10) Previous rank: it wasn't selected IMDB top 250 rank: 210"
“Network was likely to have been conceived by writer Paddy Chayefsky as a cynically satirical film about corporate television companies. They so long had to carry the news departments as a loss leader.
In Network the corporation could imagine a world where news makes money. It does not have to be reporting events, facts or the truth. You just need a demagogue to tell you to be angry.
Network ended up being prophetic. Nowadays you get rich white people on the internet, cable news and shock radio giving you all the reasons to be angry about and they get even richer. Heck they send the maid out to get their illegal drugs because they cannot be bothered!
Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is not angry. He is mad because he is having a breakdown. A news anchor facing declin” read more
Favorite Movies of All Time (2016 Edition) (1001 movies items)" 2015: 67 2014: 68 2013: 71 2012: 76 2011: 79 2010: 82 2009: 83 2008: 86 2007: 89 2006: 114 2005: 159 2004: 180 "
TCM’s Essentials Vol 2: Another 52 Must See Movies (52 movies items)"“This is a perfect movie…. It has incredibly rich characters. Peter Finch and William Holden are so good together out of the gate, when they come stumbling out drunk…. It has a gladiator nature the most raw, sick, entertaining, and taboo will happen in this pulpit of a television set to get ratings – and that we as a society will also follow.” - Drew Barrymore “It has such a message and depth and texture to it, and yet it’s very entertaining. It’s like a forecast that came true"
Top 100 Favorite Movies of All Time - 2015 Edition (100 movies items)" 2014: 68 2013: 71 2012: 76 2011: 79 2010: 82 2009: 83 2008: 86 2007: 89 2006: 114 2005: 159 2004: 180 "
Favorite Movies of All Time (2015 Edition) (1001 movies items)" 2014: 68 2013: 71 2012: 76 2011: 79 2010: 82 2009: 83 2008: 86 2007: 89 2006: 114 2005: 159 2004: 180 "
Favorite Movies of All Time (2014 Edition) (1000 movies items)" 2013: 71 2012: 76 2011: 79 2010: 82 2009: 83 2008: 86 2007: 89 2006: 114 2005: 159 2004: 180 "
