Redundant Bandwagon: Praise

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2006)

I've not read the other comments herein. Saw one with "flaw" in the summary.... Leaving the production quality and techniques to others. What strikes me is the essential truth of what Murrow did, and how important it was; how he was phased out for the same reason coverage today is; how excellent the timing is for this fabulous analogy; how obvious, Strathairn's devotion to portrayal; the overall bravery and defiance of Murrow/Clooney; the subtlety of clocks and dates, and especially how lowered lights and fades-to-black are timed. It's profound and elegant.
I'm lucky enough to have lived long enough to remember Murrow in my girlhood, and my father's enforced shushing as he routinely watched, absorbing by osmosis, Murrow's integrity. It's heartening that Clooney stands with his generation's relay baton from Redford and Newman. Except for C-Span, there's scant else whispered or seen these years after Murrow, without deep digging through print journalism.