Though fairly formulaic and predictable (halfway through, it becomes clear as daylight who the bad guy is), I think this film was still worth watching. Not just because Russell Crowe is a pretty good actor and makes the discovery of additional layers in the “search for truth” quite captivating, but mostly because State of Play reiterates the hardships of investigating and publishing a news story that might pose a threat to an important corporation. In other words, because it is in fact a film about how media is more and more a business + less and less an institution working in the public interest. And how press freedom becomes a virtually inexistent concept. I know this is not news, but it was particularly interesting to watch this film now, when media in Romania seems to register a dramatic decrease in quality, partly due to the electoral campaign, but mostly because of recent changes in ownership configuration.
Nov 11, 2009
State of Play
Though fairly formulaic and predictable (halfway through, it becomes clear as daylight who the bad guy is), I think this film was still worth watching. Not just because Russell Crowe is a pretty good actor and makes the discovery of additional layers in the “search for truth” quite captivating, but mostly because State of Play reiterates the hardships of investigating and publishing a news story that might pose a threat to an important corporation. In other words, because it is in fact a film about how media is more and more a business + less and less an institution working in the public interest. And how press freedom becomes a virtually inexistent concept. I know this is not news, but it was particularly interesting to watch this film now, when media in Romania seems to register a dramatic decrease in quality, partly due to the electoral campaign, but mostly because of recent changes in ownership configuration.
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