Network - DVD review

Δημοσιεύθηκε: 3 Απριλίου 2015 - 20:10

Directed by Sidney Lumet, 1976

Arrow

A rage-filled TV presenter's unscripted meltdown and the messy fallout that follows; oil-rich foreign giants buying up western media; personal crises and counterculture turned into "reality" entertainment.

Do we really need to ask if Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky's satire still speaks to our times? Not only that, but it's funny, wise and sad.

The print has been spruced up for this Blu-ray release but still looks suitably grainy and gritty; extra features are a bit thin.

For Lumet lovers, Eureka is also releasing his grim 1972 British opus The Offence, with Sean Connery as a detective driven into violent despair while hunting for a paedophile predator. Again, dismayingly contemporary.

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