Good Night, and Good Luck, the words uttered for every CBS news segment by broadcaster Edward R. Murrow. This black and white film produced in 2005 and directed by George Clooney, portrays the difficult decisions of the news and media outlets during the early 1950's Red Scare. An event that was brought on by Senator Joseph McCarthy who terrified individuals both communist and not communist affiliated. Edward R. Murrow wanted to expose the unjust actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy, and once he did, he received the backlash for speaking out against a senator. Good Night, and Good Luck tells the hardships and difficult decisions made by media outlets who wished to rebel against the censorship due to fear of communism in the United States.
The focus of central conflict in Good Night, and Good Luck is the communist scare of the early 1950's. There was a fight to find anyone and everyone that acted, socialized with or spoke like a communist. The conflict held intrinsic and extrinsic value. CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly were …show more content…
We began the movie we Edward R. Murrow's speech, we cut to all that has happened previously, and by the end, we cut back to the address. As a contrast to this, Murrows never goes without a cigarette, every scene it is in his hand from beginning to end. Though the timeline of the movie is not entirely linear, Murrow begins the film with an entire cigarette, and with each scene, the cigarette gets shorter, and by the end he no longer has one, showing a linear passing of time.
Though I believe Good Night, and Good Luck can be related back to film noir in some aspects through its use of pessimism, fatalism, and menace, it brings an element different from the other film noirs that we had seen. It produces more of a documentary and historical mood than of that; it was made to inform its audience and exemplify the conflict news outlets faced at the
The focus of central conflict in Good Night, and Good Luck is the communist scare of the early 1950's. There was a fight to find anyone and everyone that acted, socialized with or spoke like a communist. The conflict held intrinsic and extrinsic value. CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly were …show more content…
We began the movie we Edward R. Murrow's speech, we cut to all that has happened previously, and by the end, we cut back to the address. As a contrast to this, Murrows never goes without a cigarette, every scene it is in his hand from beginning to end. Though the timeline of the movie is not entirely linear, Murrow begins the film with an entire cigarette, and with each scene, the cigarette gets shorter, and by the end he no longer has one, showing a linear passing of time.
Though I believe Good Night, and Good Luck can be related back to film noir in some aspects through its use of pessimism, fatalism, and menace, it brings an element different from the other film noirs that we had seen. It produces more of a documentary and historical mood than of that; it was made to inform its audience and exemplify the conflict news outlets faced at the