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I liked how the film was able to include things that were not important to Watergate, with the radios on in the back ground talking about McGovern. I also thought the film did a good job a depicting how difficult it was to try and get the story printed, no one wanted to talk, they needed more sources, and those who talked wouldn't go on record.-Rachael A. | I liked how the film was able to include things that were not important to Watergate, with the radios on in the back ground talking about McGovern. I also thought the film did a good job a depicting how difficult it was to try and get the story printed, no one wanted to talk, they needed more sources, and those who talked wouldn't go on record.-Rachael A. | ||
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| + | The newsroom scenes are very well done, as is the interaction among the editors, and between the editors and the reporters. (Personal experience talking here.) The scene in the Library of Congress shows the tedium of reporting as Woodward and Bernstein wade through all those cards. Then the camera pulls back and these main characters become non-entities, just two little guys among other little guys. But in true Hollywood-history tradition, they bring down the Big Guys--although we know the real empire-toppling was done in the judicial arena. ---- Debbi S. | ||
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