The Best Film of 2006 - Important, Fascinating and Topical

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2007)

Even though its listed as a 2005 release film, it wasn't until 2006 that this film was released here in New Zealand.
I can say, without a doubt that Good Night, and Good Luck was in my opinion the best film of 2006. Superb performances all round (David Strathairn in particular) and a fascinating look at one of the darkest periods in America's modern history. The dangers of television pointed out in the final speech by Edward R. Murrow were a prophetic warning as to what and how television should be used. The question as to where the responsibility lies and what should be done to place restrictions on the material broadcast remains to be asked? I can see how such a film remains ever so timely in todays world of television and how anything outrageous is broadcast for the sake of boosting ratings. For me, Good Night, and Good Luck is a comparison piece to Sidney Lumet's Network, two films that look at the television industry and address what is right and proper to broadcast to a nation. While Network is a satire, they both address the same issues and they remain as both important, fascinating and topical films.