NETWORK (1976) #COVIDPURPOSE

Blu-ray Review – Network (1976)
23 March 2015 by Gary Collinson Flickeringmyth
Network, 1976.

Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch, Ned Beatty, Wesley Addy, Cindy Grover, Beatrice Straight and Ken Kercheval.

Synopsis:

When a news anchorman threatens to kill himself on air the corporate bodies find every way they can to exploit his rantings for ratings.

It’s amazing to think that in the course of nearly 40 years, despite all the advances we have made in the world, not a lot really changes. And one watch of Network, Sidney Lumet’s 1976 satirical drama about corporate greed in the face of human tragedy, is enough to convince you that the goalposts may move and people may come and go but the almighty dollar is still king.

You only have to watch a Saturday evening of prime time television here in the UK to see that the situations and people depicted in Network aren’t that far-fetched, with
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