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== The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | == The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | ||
As we learned in class today Robert Redford bought the rights to the "Woodstein" story and was also present with them at the Washington Post. This allow him to get an inside look at how the process went down. So, the way in which these men acted and went about there business in the office could be used as a primary source on the tools and techniques used by journalists at the time. As a secondary source, the movie allows the audience to see how the Federal government had become distrusted in the post Vietnam period in which the movie was made, according to class lecture. Thus, it seem likely that they have a hard time believing anything a government official says. - Mike E. | As we learned in class today Robert Redford bought the rights to the "Woodstein" story and was also present with them at the Washington Post. This allow him to get an inside look at how the process went down. So, the way in which these men acted and went about there business in the office could be used as a primary source on the tools and techniques used by journalists at the time. As a secondary source, the movie allows the audience to see how the Federal government had become distrusted in the post Vietnam period in which the movie was made, according to class lecture. Thus, it seem likely that they have a hard time believing anything a government official says. - Mike E. | ||
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| + | The movie's growing sense of paranoia, of something happening in the shadows, reflects how people felt after Nixon resigned. The music, lighting and camera work all contributed to this feeling by building an ominous atmosphere. There was the shadowy underground garage, the eerie light on Deep Throat's eyes, the car squealing out of the garage, and the tourist (?) pointing his camera at Bernstein and his FBI contact. All this was undoubtedly intended to create drama in a talk-heavy, zero-action movie, but it also mirrors the mood of the country at that time. --- Debbi S. | ||
== Comments on the readings and the semester of US History in Film == | == Comments on the readings and the semester of US History in Film == | ||
