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I liked the way the movie ended with the stream of headlines. It just showed that how once the story came out it snowballed into this big scandal ending with the resignation of Nixon. - Christine W. | I liked the way the movie ended with the stream of headlines. It just showed that how once the story came out it snowballed into this big scandal ending with the resignation of Nixon. - Christine W. | ||
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| + | Tagging onto Christine's comment, I think it was a very important preface to the movie that McClurken specified that it was a movie about the Washington Post breaking the story of Watergate. Part of me was like "what? we didn't see what actually happens!" but we did see the Post succeed in cracking the story, and the trial and all those details were irrelevant to the Post story. - Elle | ||
I like that it shows the half-legitimate ways Woodstein were "confirming" information from sources. They could be very indirect, without making the people being questioned explicitly state an answer, effectively getting information from those who didn't want to talk. My favorite was when Bernstein counted to ten on the phone about Haldeman. Also, there was getting the bookkeeper to nod at the initials L, M, and P. Third, when they got Sloan to finally say that he "would not have a problem" with their accusatory article if they published it. -Whitney Holcomb | I like that it shows the half-legitimate ways Woodstein were "confirming" information from sources. They could be very indirect, without making the people being questioned explicitly state an answer, effectively getting information from those who didn't want to talk. My favorite was when Bernstein counted to ten on the phone about Haldeman. Also, there was getting the bookkeeper to nod at the initials L, M, and P. Third, when they got Sloan to finally say that he "would not have a problem" with their accusatory article if they published it. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
