NETWORK-
I'd always seen clips of the "I'm As Mad As Hell..." sequence, and that always impressed me. I didn't get around to seeing the whole movie, though, until 2001. On a whim, I bought the DVD of it (on that same day, I also bought "Crimes Of Passion" and "Reform School Girls"...aren't I versatile?). I saw all of "Network" (letterboxed, of course), and my God, the script was amazing. The performances were brilliant, but it's all in the script. Some people have described "Network" as a collection of monologues, but I must say, if that's true, then it's a hell of a compendium. Every word from first to last is rich as gold and beautiful as a Picasso. My hats off to Paddy Chayefsky and Peter Finch...may they rest in peace. The movie is solid as a rock, and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences made a poor decision in the choosing of "Rocky" as Best Picture of 1976. If we base movies, though, on their words and not their looks, then Howard Beale got Rocky Balboa on a TKO.
Sincerely,
John Kilduff...
Script is king!