http://seattlest.com/2008/09/04/last_chance_to_see_network_at_nwff.php All comments for Last Chance to See Network at NWFF en-us 2009 seattle_michael2 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mvb@seattlest.com mvb@seattlest.com 60 http://seattlest.com/2008/09/04/last_chance_to_see_network_at_nwff.php#comment-1454095 http://seattlest.com/2008/09/04/last_chance_to_see_network_at_nwff.php#comment-1454095 Comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:29:15 -0800 <p>What a great speech. I have to disagree with your take though Audrey. I think the fact that that "the speechifying gets more than a little tedious" is the reason why Network is as vital and timely today as it was when it first came out. Those speeches are exactly the kinds of thing we need to hear, but don't have the time or the patience to listen to anymore thanks to the businesses that Beatty worships so blindly. Hearing them, really hearing their content, and then deconstructing it, might lead many people to see through the sham of our national conventions (D and R) as well as the olympics and the rest of media in general. But there's a reason all most people know of this movie is "I'm mad as hell..." it's a convenient sound bite that sums it all up. But I suspect from the tone of your last line, you understand that Network has a lot more going for it than you're giving it credit for above, and you're as sick of it as Howard Beale ever was.</p>