Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

Amy, Christiana, and I really liked this documentary featuring colorful reporter David Carr and others discussing the venerable newspaper and its struggle to stay active in this age of digital media. This is the second movie Amy chose to see with me while she was home in July but Jack couldn't make it that day. Some have noted that there are no female employees at the paper interviewed, but it turns out they all refused to be included. In fact, it was originally going to be just about Carr, but then he asked not to be the entire focus, so they broadened the scope. 

Director/writer/producer/cinematographer Andrew Rossi has made two other documentaries that I haven't seen, but composer Paul Brill scored the docs Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, No Woman, No Cry, and Freakonomics, among others.

The netflix release date is still unknown, so save it and then later you can help me answer my question: When did Carl Bernstein start to look like Jimmy Carter?

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