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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Wed Apr 9, 2014, 09:50 PM Apr 2014

I am mad as hell ......

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I am mad as hell ...... (Original Post) MindMover Apr 2014 OP

Randi Rhodes' favorite film clip. byronius Apr 2014 #1

One of the best movies ever made. TDale313 Apr 2014 #2

Not like a documentary. It was an instruction manual. longship Apr 2014 #5

You have a point. TDale313 Apr 2014 #7

I should have paid more attention to this .... Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #8

now that's good television BadGimp Apr 2014 #3

They cut the next scene... longship Apr 2014 #4

Sure, Make me Google the Howard Beale show. Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #6

byronius

(8,017 posts)

1. Randi Rhodes' favorite film clip.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 10:30 PM

Apr 2014

I'll always kick and rec this one.

TDale313

(7,822 posts)

2. One of the best movies ever made.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 10:58 PM

Apr 2014

Seriously, so so ahead of its time. Network seemed so farsical, so outlandish when it was made. Now it reads like a documentary.

Editing to add another wonderful clip from this movie:

longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Not like a documentary. It was an instruction manual.

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:20 AM

Apr 2014

That's the worst part of the whole thing. The media companies saw "Network" as a How-To. And they did it.

TDale313

(7,822 posts)

7. You have a point.

Reply to longship (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:27 AM

Apr 2014

Although I think they were probably on that path already.

Nobel_Twaddle_III

(345 posts)

8. I should have paid more attention to this ....

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:34 AM

Apr 2014

but in 76, I was very young.

Now imagine it as Rupert talking to Glenn Beck.

BadGimp

(4,109 posts)

3. now that's good television

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 11:24 PM

Apr 2014

longship

(40,416 posts)

4. They cut the next scene...

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:17 AM

Apr 2014

where everybody is yelling out their windows, "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

They always cut this clip before the payoff scene. That's too bad.

BTW, love it.

Nobel_Twaddle_III

(345 posts)

6. Sure, Make me Google the Howard Beale show.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:23 AM

Apr 2014

1976 - that makes me feel old.

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