A scathing indictment of the TV industry and its propensily towards ambition, corruption and self-prostitution. A washed-up TV presenter, Peter Finch, is gleefully exploited by his management staff , as he suffers paranoia and at the edge of a mental breakdown turns into a celebrity when he acts with his epileptic evangelic revivalism . As the network chiefs attempt to profit from his illness, as his announce to commit suicide himself boosts the ratings to such an extent that he finds his salary doubled.
Black satire taking a savage, cruel bite at the American television , its anchormen, and the shares that rule the executives who work in it. Thought-provoking and ironical script from the prestigious Paddy Chayefsky. The individual roles are startling well drawn and the interpretation is magnificent. Peter Finch won an Academy award in his last film, he is excellent as a neurotic and ranting Television newcaster who flips his lid and he is prophesying gloom and doom and then he announces he is going to commit suicide on the air. While William Holden displays a sober acting as the faded executive in distress who falls for the younger Dunaway . As Faye Dunaway plays an ambitious executive who will stop at nothing to triumph, she gives overacting, an strident interpretation that threatens to overbalance the movie. And Holden's neglected wife is magnificently played by Beatrice Stright in a brief acting, considered to be the shortest performance to win an Oscar as support cast .Remaining secondary cast is very good such as Ned Beatty, Lance Henriksen, Wesley Addy, and special mention for Robert Duvall, and as narrator : Lee Richardson.
It contains an adequate cinematography by Owen Roizman and atmospheric musical score by Elliot Lawrence. The motion picture was magnetically directed by Sidney Lumet, providing a lavishly mounted vehicle for three great actors, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and William Holden. Giving powerful scenes especially at the John Finch's appearances and when people come to the windows of their block of flats in a thunderstorm, and while displaying shouts .Lumet was one of the best American filmmakers, including important films such as 12 angry men, Fail safe, The pawnbroker, The hill, The deadly affair, The group, The offence, Serpico , Equus, The wiz, Prince of the city , Deathtrap , Daniel, Power, The morning after, Family business, Night falls on Manhattan, Gloria, Before the devil knows you are dead, among others. Rating 7/10. Above average.
Black satire taking a savage, cruel bite at the American television , its anchormen, and the shares that rule the executives who work in it. Thought-provoking and ironical script from the prestigious Paddy Chayefsky. The individual roles are startling well drawn and the interpretation is magnificent. Peter Finch won an Academy award in his last film, he is excellent as a neurotic and ranting Television newcaster who flips his lid and he is prophesying gloom and doom and then he announces he is going to commit suicide on the air. While William Holden displays a sober acting as the faded executive in distress who falls for the younger Dunaway . As Faye Dunaway plays an ambitious executive who will stop at nothing to triumph, she gives overacting, an strident interpretation that threatens to overbalance the movie. And Holden's neglected wife is magnificently played by Beatrice Stright in a brief acting, considered to be the shortest performance to win an Oscar as support cast .Remaining secondary cast is very good such as Ned Beatty, Lance Henriksen, Wesley Addy, and special mention for Robert Duvall, and as narrator : Lee Richardson.
It contains an adequate cinematography by Owen Roizman and atmospheric musical score by Elliot Lawrence. The motion picture was magnetically directed by Sidney Lumet, providing a lavishly mounted vehicle for three great actors, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and William Holden. Giving powerful scenes especially at the John Finch's appearances and when people come to the windows of their block of flats in a thunderstorm, and while displaying shouts .Lumet was one of the best American filmmakers, including important films such as 12 angry men, Fail safe, The pawnbroker, The hill, The deadly affair, The group, The offence, Serpico , Equus, The wiz, Prince of the city , Deathtrap , Daniel, Power, The morning after, Family business, Night falls on Manhattan, Gloria, Before the devil knows you are dead, among others. Rating 7/10. Above average.